Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in information and communication | 5 crédits |
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...).
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
Students will be invited to participate in the course during moments of presentation and analysis of works.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
Recommended readings :
- Laura Cappelle (dir.), Nouvelle histoire de la danse en Occident, Paris, Seuil, 2020.
- Patrice Pavis, L'Analyse des spectacles, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005 (3e éd. 2020).
- Annie Suquet, L'Eveil des modernités. Une histoire culturelle de la danse (1870-1945), Paris, Centre National de la Danse, 2012.
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Oral presentation during the course followed by a written homework.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
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