2020-2021 / THEA0001-1

The aesthetics of live entertainment (modern and contemporary dance)

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5 crédits 
 Bachelor in information and communication5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5 crédits 
 Bachelor in philosophy5 crédits 
 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5 crédits 

Lecturer

Dick Tomasovic

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Initially, the course studies the founders texts of the esthetics of the living spectacle (Aristote, Diderot, Nietzsche, Antoine, Artaud, Brecht...).

In the second time, the course will concentrate on the particular case of the spectacle of dance and his history, from the end of the nineteenth century until our days.

It is in addition requested from the students to see a certain number of spectacles apart from the course.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Well illustrated, this course aims to make discover with the students aesthetic specificities of the living spectacles.

It also aims at bringing to the students a series of fundamental reference marks to understand the particularly creative field of the contemporary dance.
Lastly, the course asserts a methodological aiming.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General knowledge of theatre's history.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Each student will have to analyze a spectacle of his choice.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face to face. 

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

The evolution of sanitary conditions will not modify the methods of the evaluation (work to be submitted by email).

Recommended or required readings

Required reading:

  • Patrice Pavis, L'Analyse des spectacles, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005.
Recommended reading :
  • Annie Suquet, L'Eveil des modernités. Une histoire culturelle de la danse (1870-1945), Paris, Centre National de la Danse, 2012.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam

- Remote

written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Written work. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Sans un élément de cruauté à la base de tout spectacle, le théâtre n'est pas possible. 
Antonin Artaud

Contacts

Dick Tomasovic
Département Médias, Culture et Communication Théories et pratiques du spectacle Esthétique du cinéma et des arts audiovisuels Université de Liège Place du XX Août, 7 4000 Liège Belgique 32 4 366 32 88 ou 32 79 (secrétariat) dick.tomasovic@uliege.be