Im Sommersemester findet jeweils eine Theatervorlsung unter Einbeziehung von Praktiker_innen mit unterschiedlichen Schwerpunkten statt:
Sabine Coelsch-Foisner/Christopher Herzog
Sommersemester 2022
VO: Contemporary Productions (Theatre – Opera – Festival)
This Lecture Course explores a range of contemporary theatre, opera and festival productions in connection with the fascinating wealth of performances, ranging from spoken theatre, music theatre and opera to contemporary, puppet theatre, street theatre, video opera and emerging hybrid forms often straddling the boundaries between art theatre and political activism. We shall discuss categories of body, space and time in connection with particular productions and introduce a range of approaches (cultural production studies, theatre semiotics, phenomenology and cognitive studies), inter alia focusing on proxemics, sets, costumes and designs, on the relationships between objects, stage space and audience space, and between theatricality and paratheatricality. While inquiring into the aesthetic, historical, critical and practical dimensions of performances, a major focus of this lecture course will lie on the shift from drama and performance studies to production studies, ranging from ancient uses of masks to modern puppet theatre, from the beginnings of opera to contemporary music theatre and from liturgical contexts of theatre to site-specific productions of the 21st century. These are particularly intriguing issues in the light of present-day operas, concerned with political issues and directors’ exploration of new artistic formats from real-time projection to digital arts, animatronics and spectacular installations. Practitioners will gain a voice, while theatre visits and debates will provide the context for critically engaging with productions.
Link zur Lehrveranstaltung (PLUSonline)
Sommersemester 2021
VO: Performance Cultures
(Unterrichtssprache: Englisch)
This Lecture Course explores the fascinating wealth of performances, ranging from spoken theatre, music theatre and opera to contemporary, puppet theatre, street theatre, video opera and emerging hybrid forms often straddling the boundaries between art theatre and political activism. This lecture series acquaints students with the immense variety of performance across cultures and periods and inquires into the aesthetic, historical, critical and practical dimensions of performances, ranging from ancient uses of masks to modern puppetry, from liturgical contexts of theatre to site-specific productions of the 21st century, from real-time projection to digital arts, animatronics and installations. We shall discuss categories of body, space and time in connection with particular productions and discuss aspects of performativity, theatricality and theatricalisation. To this end a range of approaches (cultural production studies, theatre semiotics, phenomenology and cognitive studies) will be discussed, inter alia focusing on proxemics, sets, costumes and designs, on the relationships between objects, stage space and audience space, and between theatricality and paratheatricality. Practitioners will gain a voice, while theatre and festival visits will provide the context for critically engaging with performances (Covid-19 permitting).
Link zur Lehrveranstaltung (PLUSonline)
Sommersemester 2020
VO: (Music-) Theatre Production
(Unterrichtssprache: Englisch)
This Lecture Course explores the fascinating field of theatre (including Spoken Theatre, Music Theatre and Opera, as well as Contemporary). It inquires into the aesthetic, historical, critical and practical dimensions of theatre productions. It acquaints students with the immense variety of forms from the Middle Ages to the Present and discusses a range of approaches from theatre semiotics, phenomenology and cognitive studies. A major focus of this lecture course will lie on the shift from drama and performance studies to production studies, ranging from ancient uses of masks to modern puppet theatre, from the beginnings of opera to contemporary music theatre and from liturgical contexts of theatre to site-specific productions of the 21st century. These are particularly intriguing issues in the light of present-day operas, concerned with political issues and directors’ exploration of new artistic formats from real-time projection to digital arts, animatronics and spectacular installations. For this purpose we shall discuss and compare productions, give practitioners a voice in the course and visit current performances. Central questions in this move from theory to practice are: How is a play/an opera/a musical mounted? What artistic processes and creative talent are involved? What considerations regarding the spatial, temporal, social and economic frameworks are necessary for a production to happen? How does (music-)theatre meet the audience?
Link zur Lehrveranstaltung (PLUSonline)
Sommersemester 2019
VO: Theatre in Theory in Practice
(Unterrichtssprache: Englisch)This Lecture Course explores the fascinating field of theatre, inquiring into its aesthetic, historical, critical and practical dimensions. It acquaints students with the immense variety of forms from the Middle Ages to the Present and discusses a range of approaches from theatre semiotics, phenomenology and cognitive studies. The major focus of this lecture course will lie on the connections between drama and theatre and on the shift from theatre studies to production studies. For this purpose we shall discuss and compare productions, give practitioners a voice in the course and visit a current performance. Central questions in this move from theory to practice are: How is a play mounted? What artistic processes are involved? What considerations regarding the spatial, temporal, social and economic frameworks are necessary for a production to happen? How does a play meet the audience? The aim of this course is to acquire major insight into key aspects of drama, theatre and production studies.
