Master's in Scenography
Prague 1, Czech Republic
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 7,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
The program focuses on the design process of shaping dramatic space for theatre, opera, and ballet. Design for film and television as well as non-traditional, or site-specific spaces, is also included in the program. Our aim is to guide students in the creative process of mastering stage design as an authorial component of theatre-making. Students will also master the technical and technological requirements of designing the stage space – including projection, lighting, and acoustics. Our focus is on the designer as co-author of the theatrical performance and author of the visual experience. Designers will also engage in a professional and theoretical self-reflection of their own work – a theorized practice. Designers may also work with an architect on designing theatres.
There are mandatory seminars, courses, workshops, and practical exercises. DAMU International also provides a wide range of Electives, Exploratory Courses, Non-credit Lectures, and Cultural Excursions, which comprise a vital aspect of each student’s educational experience.
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Ideal Students
If you have completed a Bachelor’s Degree in theatre or in a related field, have a wealth of experience in dramatic arts and wish to expand your knowledge and skills, enroll for Stage Design 2-year Master’s Program at DAMU. MA applicants from all disciplines of undergraduate study are encouraged to also apply, not just those who have specialized in theatre design. Prior experience in theatre or film production is preferred but not required.
This is a full-time program taught in English. Applicants are expected to have a keen interest in theatre and other related fields. Applicants should demonstrate the capability of analytical reflection, a sense of image and composition, communication ability, and independent thinking.
The graduate of the Master´s Degree in Stage Design is a conceptually rigorous, creative and educated artistic personality. Each student gains an in-depth knowledge of theatre, literature, music, film, architecture, and the history and theory of stage design. The graduate masters the technical aspects of the formation, and designing and lighting, of the scenic space. If a student’s work is outstanding, he/she may be given the opportunity to create the design of a major production in the DISK theatre.
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Curriculum
The curriculum of the program includes coursework in the following:
- Stage Design: Inspirational sources and approaches to scenographic work; shaping the dramatic space. The dramatic situation as a starting point of an interpretation of the space; action scenography. Typology of the space; stage design of a non-theatrical space; site-specific spaces.
- History of Stage Design: History of Czech and world stage design
- Implementation Practice: Documenting design, selecting materials, realizing costumes and masks. Patination, coloring, making-of details, makeup. Supervising DISK workshops. Participation in rehearsals.
- Scientology: To introduce students to the basics of stage presence in the perspective of its specific and non-specific execution and relationships.
- Drawing and Painting: The course aim is the ability to „see reality better“ and be able to analyze the diversity of its forms, shapes, lines, mass, color, and lighting properties, the mutual relationships of objects, and subsequent technique and potential of graphic expression.
- Graduation Thesis seminar: Individual consultations on the graduation stage-design project and theory paper
Students must complete all assignments. These are assessed through mid-terms. At the end of each semester, students present their projects for a final critique during which they explain and justify their work. In order to graduate, students must complete a thesis project (including a theoretical component) and defend their work in an oral exam.