DSCZ107 History of Stage Technology

Theatre Faculty
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Jaroslav Záděra (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. Marie Jirásková, Ph.D.
Set and Costume Design Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Set and Costume Design Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:30 MD1
Prerequisites
This is the first meeting with the technologies of theater, taught in the first year and starts with 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 early stage technology from the theater to the present Descriptors: Student is able to reflect the acquired properties in his artistic work, he knows the historical practices that can be applied to his current artistic production in   theater. The acquired knowledge will enable inventing the wheel has been invented, but the focus is not the latest technological applications of modern facilities for theatrical productions.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Student je schopen reflektovat získané vlastnosti ve své umělecké práci, zná historické postupy, které dokáže aplikovat do své současné umělecké tvorby v divadle. Získané znalosti mu umožňují nevynalézat již vynalezené, ale zaměřit se ne nejnovější technologické aplikace moderních zařízení pro divadelní tvorbu.
Syllabus
  • Contents 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 - Illusionist theater of the High Renaissance - Commedia 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 (Furtenbachův lighting system, gas, electricity) - The establishment and development of a sound stage technology - Creation and development stage of building technology - Mechanical stage technology - modernizing historic theater home - Lower and upper mechanical stage technology - Mechanical stage technology couples - Fire stage technology - Mechanical stage technology Mahen Theatre - Future technology 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
Teaching methods
* Regular instruction in the form of lectures and demonstrations to photograph | Excursions in current theaters equipped scenic Technology | * Number of contact hours per week: 2 | * The number of hours of individual student work per week: 0
Assessment methods
* Winter semester
Graded credit based on attendance
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2023, recent)
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