DJTZ101 History of Stage Technology and Design I

Theatre Faculty
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jan Kolegar (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MgA. Blanka Kolegar
Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Timetable
each even Monday 8:30–10:00 MARTA_UCEBNY, each even Monday 10:15–11:45 MARTA_UCEBNY
Prerequisites
The student is properly enrolled in the first year.
This is the first encounter with the theatre technology taught in the first year, where generally begins a tutorial on theater issues.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Objective: Introduce students to the history and development of theatre from early stage to the present
Learning outcomes
After graduating this course student will be able:
- to orientate in historical theatre technologies,
- to use historical theatre technologies even in current theatre art,
- to build on historical theatre technologies,
- to search for new technological solutions.

Student:
- will be able to reflect acquired knowledge in own artistic work,
- will know the historical practices that can be applied to own current artistic production,
- will be not inventing already invented but will focus on the latest technological applications of modern facilities for theatrical productions.
Syllabus
  • Content of the course:
  • - Types of stage technology
  • - Overview of stage technology from Greek theater to the present
  • - Greek and Roman Theatre
  • - Medieval theater, humanist and Renaissance theater
  • - Illusionary theater of the High Renaissance
  • - Comedy dell'arte and Elizabethan theater
  • - Baroque theater
  • - A large theatrical reform, romanticism and historicism
  • - Overview of inventions and discoveries that influenced the development of stage technology emergence and development of lighting technology stage (Furtenbach`s lighting system, gas, electricity)
  • - The establishment and development of a sound stage technology
  • - Creation and development stage of building technology
  • - Mechanical stage technology - modernization of historical theater venues
  • - Lower and upper mechanical stage technology
  • - Mechanical stage technology - fog machines
  • - Fire-fighting stage technology
  • - Mechanical stage technology of Mahen Theatre
  • - Future of technology of scenic machinery.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Doc. Mgr. Jan Kolegar: "Historie scénických technologií" (skriptum) JAMU. info
  • Jiří Hilmera: Perspektivní scéna 17. a 18. století v Čechách. Praha, Scénografický ústav v Praze, 1965. info
  • Josef Furtenbach: Prospektiva. PRAG, Praha, 1944. info
  • Fr. Kranich: Bühnentechnik Der Gegenwart. R. Oldenbourg, München, 1932. info
  • HILMERA, jiří. Česká divadelní architektura (Czech Theatre Architecture). Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1999. info
Teaching methods
Regular lecture with demonstrations of pictures.
Excursions to current theater venues with significant scenic technology equipment.
Assessment methods
Graded credit based on attendance
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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