Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
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.
- 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