COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Performances | THR 482 | Spring | 03+00+00 | Elective | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Theatre |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | The aims of this course are to assist the students in noticing the political aspect and the transformative power of contemporary performances, to help them acquire the skill to read the discourse strategy in works of art, and to provide them with arguments and ideas to achieve a more critical point of view. Another objective of the course is to provide the students with the basic knowledge for experimenting with forms during the rehearsal process. |
| Course Contents: | Following the description of the modern and contemporary, the activities in which the criteria of being "contemporary" is decided for the concepts of modern, postmodern, political art, etc are examined while discussing the human body, the concepts of beauty and moral and the process which transformed these concepts into the science of aesthetics, and the alternative theses regarding the existence of art with reference to elements such as performance, dance, ballet, theatre, theatricality and postdramatic theatre. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | Seminar Debate Presentation Visual Materials Homeworks |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The course plan is discussed while drawing the framework of the course and the methods of evaluation are shared. | |
| 2 | Introduction: Informing about the general tendencies in the formation of contemporary stage through the definition of performing arts. | |
| 3 | Concepts of modern and contemporary: Reflections of Renaissance, French Revolution and Industrial Revolution on the history of these concepts. | |
| 4 | The impact of industrial revolution on stage and the meeting of realism with society and its conception in the art world I | |
| 5 | The impact of industrial revolution on stage and the meeting of realism with society and its conception in the art world II | |
| 6 | The symptoms of cultural colonialism on stage: primitivism, return to rituals, rites and ceremonies, myths, antropological tendencies. | |
| 7 | Theatre's attempt to shake off theatricality: Dadaism, Futurism, Bauhaus and its successors: Happening, interdisciplinary productions with fluxus. | |
| 8 | Theatre's attempt to shake off theatricality: Dadaism, Futurism, Bauhaus and its successors: Happening, interdisciplinary productions with fluxus. | |
| 9 | Pioneers of modern dance, Neo-classical and contemporary ballet, dance theatre and physical theatre. | |
| 10 | Midterm exam: In-course presentations: Aydın Teker, Beyhan Murphy, Zeynep Günsür, Tal Dans, Çıplak Ayaklar, Stan's Cafe, Ultima Vez, Pina Bausch, DV8, Dot, Jan Fabre, Blast Theory, Rimini Protocoll, Sasha Waltz, Meg Stuart, Ivo Dimchev etc. | |
| 11 | Performance art and close contemporary examples, discussions with guests (İlyas Odman, Tuğçe Tuna) | |
| 12 | Dispossession of the classics: trendsetters from its historical course I | |
| 13 | Dispossession of the classics: trendsetters from its historical course II | |
| 14 | Defining and discussing the criteria of contemporaneousness. Seeing a contemporary performance and trials on reading the meanings. Continueing the discussions on interpretation and political arguments. Choosing and distribution of works to be seen for the final exam. |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| Erika Fischer-Lichte, The Transformative Power of Performance, (Routledge, 2008) |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
| Berger, John; Ways of Seeing (Penguin Books, 1972) Brandstetter, Gabriele&Volckers, Hortensia (Ed.); Remembering the Body (Hatje Cantz Pub., 2000) Burkitt, Ian; Bodies of Thought: Embodiment,Identity, and Modernity (Sage Pub., 1999) Carlson, Marvin. Performance: A Critical Introduction Lepecki, André. Singularities: Dance in the Age of Performance (Routledge, 2016) Lepecki, André. Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement (Routledge, 2006) |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 14 | 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total: | 17 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Homework Assigments | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Preparation for Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Other Practices (seminar,studio critics,workshop, etc.) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.) | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 |
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High