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Dramaturgy and Artistic Research

ECTS Credits
10
Course code
TE5101
Included in study programme
Master’s in theatre

Brief course description

In Dramaturgy and Artistic Research, you will explore both classical and experimental approaches to theatre art. The primary teaching format is the colloquium, where you will study a diverse selection of artistic works (such as plays, performances, and installations), engage with theoretical texts, and engage in discussions about theatre as an art form. This course familiarizes you with a broad range of performing arts traditions and teaches you how to situate your personal artistic work within these contexts.

Additionally, the courses will emphasize the importance of dramaturgy as an analytical tool for understanding the organizational, cultural, political, and economic frameworks of theatre practice and production.

The course’s learning outcomes

After completing the course, you will be able to:

  • Demonstrate a critical and theoretically informed knowledge of dramaturgy, including the theory, tools and skills required to develop a project from initial concept to fully realized production
  • Show an understanding of a wide range of artistic methods and poetics, including the ability to situate your own artistic work within the framework of theatre poetics
  • Effectively substantiate ideas and opinions about your artistic work, demonstrating a reflective approach to their own dramaturgical principles, thoughts and beliefs
  • Demonstrate the ability to use dramaturgy as an analytical tool to understand the organizational, cultural, political, and economic frameworks of theatre practice and production
  • Engage in peer-to-peer discussions, receive critical feedback, and complement and further develop your personal artistic practices

Teaching and learning methods

Colloquium with lectures, critical readings, discussions and analyses of plays texts, performances, critical theory, and poetics.

Course requirements are:

Active participation and compulsory attendance at set times for teaching, supervision, group work, excursions, discussion forums and courses. Submission and presentation of compulsory course assignments to set deadlines.

Assessment

All course requirements must be fulfilled by the student in order to receive the final course assessment. The course is graded pass/fail.