Portraits (Spiel und Improvisation)

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Subject according curriculum

Play and improvisation

Teachers

Prof. Miriam Dreysse

Scope

Fridays: 14:00 - 16:30 (start: 04.04.2025; last session: 11.07.2025)

Room

nach Vereinbarung

Duration

2.5 Semesterwochenstunden

Description

This semester we want to deal with the topic of "portraits". Based on the approaches of biographical theater that we got to know in the winter semester, we want to explore what scenic portraits can look like. The portrait is primarily known from the visual arts, painting, sculpture and photography; it has not only had a depictive character throughout the ages, but is also involved in the construction of cultural, gender and individual identities. How can we transfer pictorial forms of the portrait to the stage? What correspondences of the visual arts can there be in the scenic and how does the form of representation also change the content of what is portrayed? What can performative portraits look like? And what is the relationship between similarity and stagedness, depiction and construction? We want to pursue a research-based approach together and approach these questions as openly as possible. This will include historical portraits, their functions and aesthetic characteristics, as well as current forms of portraiture such as the selfie.

Credits

2 Creditpoints

Comments

Continuation of the course from winter semester 2024/25

Academic achievement: Regular and active participation and a practical theater presentation in small groups at the end of the semester.

Modules

Körperlich-szenische Grundlagen I