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Performing Arts – Modules

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PAT50 Introduction to the Performing Arts

Course Unit Code: PAT50

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: First (1st)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Thematic Unit focuses theoretically on the complex phenomenon of the performing arts, namely theatre, dance, music and their combinations. It aims to trace the constituent elements and cover the long evolution of the wider family of the performance arts.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • distinguish and describe the types, manifestations and components of the performing arts.
  • define the concept of performance.
  • identify and study the arts that collaborate in the creation of a stage work.
  • identify the main milestones in the development of the performing arts from antiquity to the present day and understand their evolution.
  • identify representative artists and their works.
  • comprehend the complex and hybrid aspects of contemporary performing arts.
  • critically evaluate artistic creation as sensitive and skilled connoisseurs of the performing arts.
  • use the relevant terminology and the necessary literature tools in order to take a multifaceted approach to the performance phenomenon and the art forms associated with it.
  • utilize basic primary sources and elementary bibliographic tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of the study of the Performing Arts.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • A brief introduction to Theatre Arts and Theatre Studies
  • Short Introduction to Music Arts and Musicology
  • Short Introduction to the Art of Dance and Dance Studies

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT51 Ancient Greek Theatre: From Text to Performance

Course Unit Code: PAT51

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: First (1st)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Thematic Unit aims to analyze the most important works of the ancient Greek theatre and to study the historical development and the basic typology of modern and contemporary stage revivals. As case studies, representative stage creations presented from the mid-19th century to the present day on the Greek and international stage will be examined.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students:

  • will have acquired basic scientific expertise in the field of study of Attic Drama.
  • will be able to comprehend, analyze and interpret tragic and comic plays of Attic drama in their entire chronological and thematic range, especially with regard to the literary and performative perception of the dramas.
  • will be familiar with the relevant terminology and will have some of the necessary conceptual tools to access the conceptual core of these plays.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Systematic exploration of recent research developments in the field of Attic Drama
  • Introduction to key aspects of the literary understanding of Ancient Theatre

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT52 Modern and Contemporary World Theatre: History, Dramaturgy and Aesthetic Currents

Course Unit Code: PAT52

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: First (1st)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Thematic Unit aims to follow the historical course of theatre from the early 19th to the mid-20th century. It will investigate the evolution of the theatrical phenomenon in terms of aesthetics, stylistics, dramaturgy, theory and staging. It will also examine the historical, social and ideological conditions in which theatrical genres developed, as well as the elements that make up theatrical performance (stage directing, acting, stage design, scenography, etc.).

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • describe the most important developments in the history of theatre from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
  • distinguish, comprehend and analyze the aesthetic characteristics of each period and compare developments in terms of aesthetics, stylistics, dramaturgy, theory and staging.
  • identify the most representative authors and performers of the recent and contemporary international scene and will be familiar with their theoretical and artistic work.
  • utilize basic primary sources and elementary bibliographic tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of the History of modern and contemporary world theater.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Elements of the History of World Theatre
  • Introduction to key themes of Performance and Dramatic Art

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT53 Forms and Genres of Music Theatre

Course Unit Code: PAT53

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: Second (2nd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Thematic Unit focuses on the older, more recent and contemporary music-theatrical genres, which it examines in all their aspects. Characteristic creations of music theatre will be studied as a combination of various art forms and media. It will identify the constituent elements of the lyric art, present its main representatives, creators and performers, and discuss the most important milestones in its long history, from its birth in the late Renaissance to modern musical and stage developments.

 

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Distinguish and describe the forms, genres and types of musical theatre
  • Relate a musical theatre work to the political, historical and social context in which it is set.
  • Recognize acoustically the main musical forms.
  • Identify representative artists and their oeuvre.
  • Use musical and theatrical terms to describe the forms and genres of musical theatre.
  • Identify and evaluate the aesthetic periods and stylistic currents of opera and musical theater, as well as their particular genre-specific characteristics
  • Utilize basic primary sources and elementary bibliographic tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of Musical Theater study

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Central elements of the history of opera and light musical theatre
  • Fundamental cultural and sociological dimensions of musical theatre
  • Basic issues of artistic production and function

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT54 The Art of Dance: Theory, History and Performance

Course Unit Code: PAT54

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: Second (2nd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Thematic Unit approaches the phenomenon of dance in all its manifestations (artistic, popular, urban, traditional). The concept of dance and the structural elements of movement, the methodology of the science of dance are analyzed. Particular emphasis will be placed on issues of dance theory and philosophy, as well as on the social dimension of the dance act. In addition, the Unit will study the historical development of the art of dance, starting from antiquity and ending in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • recognize the forms, genres and the evolution of the art and phenomenon of dance from antiquity to the present day
  • distinguish the main trends, currents and representatives of the art of dance.
  • interpret a dance performance or a dance event through an analytical, interdisciplinary approach.
  • identify and understand the components of dance practice and the basic principles of kinesiology.
  • critically evaluate artistic creation as sensitive and skilled connoisseurs of dance art.
  • use the relevant terminology and the necessary conceptual tools in order to approach the phenomenon of dance and the art forms associated with it in a multifaceted way
  • utilize basic primary sources and elementary bibliographic tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of the study of dance art and practice.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Elements of History and Theory of Dance
  • Ethnographic and sociological approaches to the dance act with special emphasis on the function of dance in the ancient Greek theatre

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT55 Methods of Performance Analysis

Course Unit Code: PAT55

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: Second (2nd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

The aim of this Unit is to introduce students to performance analysis and to provide them with the methodological tools for the examination and interpretation of performance (either dramatic theatre or contemporary forms of stage performance). The proposed case studies are emblematic performances presented on the international stage from the late 20th century to the present day. Moreover, performance will be analyzed not only as a stand-alone entity, but as part of a constantly evolving creative work. In this sense, the Unit focuses on the gradual realization of dramatic composition, the gradual development of staging, the performers’ work on the text or dramatic material, the tracing and understanding of the theoretical background of artistic reflection, sources and references of the authors, the study of the rehearsal process, the teaching and guidance of the performers, the management of space, costumes, lighting, production, etc.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • distinguish the types of performances, as well as the trends, currents, schools of contemporary stage creation
  • investigate the components and parameters that create the performance and employ the necessary methodological tools for its recruitment and analysis
  • comprehend and be able to critically approach a contemporary stage creation
  • become familiar with the methodology of critical and genetic analysis of the Performing Arts
  • evaluate the complex character of a performance and critically interpret contemporary stage creations.
  • utilize basic primary sources and elementary methodological tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of Performance Studies.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Introduction to the critical analysis of the performance
  • Introduction to the genetic analysis of performance
  • Elements of the history of directing and acting

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT60 Modern Interpretive Approaches to Ancient Greek Theatre

Course Unit Code: PAT60

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Ancient Greek Theatre

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

The Thematic Unit aims to present in depth and in detail the main contemporary interpretive approaches to ancient Greek theatre, with particular emphasis on sociological, (post) structuralist, anthropological, religious, historicist and feminist theories and analyses.  In addition, the present Th.U. selectively and purposefully highlights those works of Attic drama that have been the subject of fruitful and intense interpretative reflection in recent decades.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students:

  • possess the ability to identify and apply with particular ease the basic interpretive parameters of ancient Greek theater, as well as to study with ease its central genre-defining characteristics.
  • are in a position to utilize a broader range of primary sources and bibliographic tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of the study of Attic Drama.

Cognitive Objects:

  • Critical Overview of the Ancient Greek Theatre from the perspective of literary theory
  • The Application of Narratology and Narrative Analysis in general to the Hermeneutical Study of Attic Drama

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT61 Ritual and Performance in Attic Drama

Course Unit Code: PAT61

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Ancient Greek Theatre

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Unit aims to familiarize students with the ritual and performance infrastructure of the Attic theatre and its performative and literary reconstructions during the modern era.  Particular emphasis will be given to the interconnection of Attic drama with fundamental aspects of ancient Greek religion and mythology, which determine the performative dimension of tragic and comic works.

Learning Outcomes:

After the successful completion of the Module students:

  • will have understood the importance of ritual and ceremonial acts, as they are dramatically depicted on stage.
  • will have become familiar with emblematic aspects and manifestations of the interconnection of Attic drama with central issues of ancient Greek religion and mythology.
  • will have come into contact with ways in which performativity functions within the context of the presentation of Attic drama, especially in relation to ritual practices and ceremonial events.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • The importance of ritual in the ancient Greek theatre and its legacy
  • The performative dimension of Attic drama in relation to its ceremonial and mythological structure

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT62 Theatre and Dance: contemporary stage dramaturgies

Course Unit Code: PAT62

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Contemporary Theatre

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

The aim of the Thematic Unit is the multifaceted approach to the new trends of contemporary stage creation in the field of theatre and dance. It studies the work of leading “stage authors” who, by changing the meaning and function of the dramatic text, introduced major innovations in the multidimensional theatrical and choreographic landscape of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • distinguish trends, currents, schools and leading representatives of the contemporary theatre and dance scene
  • comprehend and be able to critically approach a contemporary theatre and dance creation
  • know in depth the stage creations of leading figures of contemporary theatre and dance.
  • possess the ability to evaluate the complex character of contemporary stage creations in the field of theater and dance.
  • capable of utilizing basic primary sources and elementary methodological tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of contemporary theater and contemporary dance.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Modern and contemporary theatre
  • Contemporary dance

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT63 The Art of Performance

Course Unit Code: PAT63

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Contemporary Theatre

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

The Thematic Unit approaches the basic tools and methods of performance art. It also examines the development of performance art and its thematic categorizations in the 20th and 21st centuries. Particular emphasis is placed on the concepts of space and site-specificity, corporeality and participatory performance.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Distinguish the types of performance art, as well as the history, evolutionary trends, currents and schools of performance art.
  • Comprehend the terms and definitions, as well as the key components of performance art.
  • Approach critically a contemporary performance art creation.
  • Delve into thematic categorizations of performance art.
  • Appreciate the political and social dimensions of performance activism.
  • Organize the archival recording of performance and suggest ways to document it
  • recognize and critically evaluate the complexity of performative artistic actions in relation to the body, space, audience, and performers.
  • conceptually address the themes of performance and critically explore the limits of the medium in relation to the performing and visual arts.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • History and Theory of Visual Arts
  • History and Theory of the Performing Arts
  • Critical introduction to hybrid art forms and performative artistic events in Greece

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT64 History of Opera

Course Unit Code: PAT64

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Lyric Theatre

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

The Thematic Unit examines the versatile art of opera and its related forms. It focuses on the history and evolution of lyric theatre, its relationship with ancient Greek drama, stage design and architecture, classical drama, romantic literature, stage directing, and the social and political dimensions it contains. In addition, issues of style, morphology, interpretation, function, staging and production will be discussed, which are inextricably linked to the cultivation of lyric theatre in our time at an international level.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Distinguish and describe the forms, genres and aspects of opera and its related forms.
  • Relate operatic creation to the political, historical and social context in which it is set.
  • Distinguish between the aesthetic periods and stylistic movements of opera and lyric theatre.
  • Identify acoustically significant works and parts thereof.
  • Identify the leading opera artists (authors and performers).
  • Use musical-dramatic terms to describe the works and function of the lyric theatre.
  • Utilize basic primary sources and elementary bibliographic tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of Opera and Musical Theater study.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • History and morphology of opera
  • Components of opera in relation to theatre and literature
  • Cultural and sociological dimensions of lyric theatre

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT65 Music Theatre on the Modern Greek Stage

Course Unit Code: PAT65

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Lyric Theatre

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

The Thematic Unit examines the presence and function of the forms and genres of music theatre on the modern Greek stage. It studies the element of music in the Cretan and Ionian dramaturgy of the 16th and 17th centuries, the early musical-theatrical indications in the religious theatre of the Aegean Sea, the introduction of opera in the Ionian Islands in the 18th century, the formation of music-theatrical life and indigenous lyric creation and production in the 19th century in the Ionian Islands and the urban centers of the independent Greek state, the dissemination and cultivation of light music theatre, the lyric and music theatre of the 20th century, the introduction and cultivation of the modern and contemporary music-theatre repertoire in theatre and cinema, the consolidation and organization of music-theatre life and movement in Greece.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Distinguish and describe the forms, genres and aspects of lyric and music theatre that have flourished in Greece.
  • Relate music theatre creation and movement to the ideological, political, historical and social context in which it is situated.
  • Distinguish the historical periods and the evolutionary stages of the course of lyric and music theatre in Greece.
  • Identify and evaluate the music theatre repertoire.
  • Identify important representatives of Greek lyric and music theatre (authors and performers)
  • use musicodramatic terms to describe the works and the function of the lyric theater.
  • utilize basic primary sources and elementary bibliographic tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of Opera and Musical Theater study.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • History of Theatre
  • History of Music
  • History of Cinema

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PAT66 Aspects of the Stage: From Antiquity to the Digital Era

Course Unit Code: PAT66

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Elective in all three specializations

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Thematic Unit focuses on the visual elements of the stage and the performance and studies their evolutionary course from antiquity to the present day. It focuses on the study of theatrical architecture, stage design, set design, costume design, the art of lighting, etc. Further, the Unit explores the dialectical relationships of contemporary stage design with contemporary art forms such as cinema, audiovisual arts, video art and digital arts.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • distinguish the evolutionary development of architectural and stage-theatrical space from the Italian Renaissance stage to the modern forms of the 20th and 21st centuries
  • perceive contemporary architectural and scenic trends and understand the relationship between the staged space and the theatrical event and its visual approach.
  • know, comprehend and reproduce the methods of creative approaches to stage space and the tools of stage design specialists.
  • analyze the relationship between stage design, dramaturgy and staging
  • comprehend the composition of visual space and its staging
  • form an aesthetic perception through an approach to stage design and contemporary visual art
  • appreciate the creative osmosis and synergies between the performing and visual arts and contemporary art forms such as cinema, audiovisual arts, video art and digital arts
  • utilize basic primary sources and elementary methodological tools for the preparation of research papers in the field of the opsis of the contemporary stage

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Scenography and Costume Design from antiquity to the modern era
  • Theatrical Lighting
  • Introduction to Video Art and Multimedia

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

PAT67: Performing Arts and Education

Course Unit Code: PAT67
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Elective in all three specializations
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:
The Thematic Unit focuses on research and contemporary artistic practice related to performing arts in education, focusing on creative learning, interdisciplinarity, good practices and contemporary methods in the field of arts didactics and aesthetic education

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • comprehend the principles of didactics of the performing arts.
  • appreciate the importance of the learning objectives, methodology and strategies of teaching of the Performing Arts.
  • distinguish the basic concepts and techniques of teaching the performing arts at all levels of education.
  • take a theoretical approach to educational drama and identify the influences it has had on modern and contemporary stage practice.
  • design and implement in practice teaching plans and educational programs in the performing arts, making use of creative learning, interdisciplinarity, interculturality and inclusiveness in the field of arts teaching and aesthetic education.
  • grasp the historical development of educational drama and its theoretical interpretations.
  • understand the developmental dimension of teaching the performing arts.
  • cultivate skills in animating groups and apply performance techniques (movement, music, dramatization) during the teaching process.
  • utilize basic primary sources and elementary bibliographic tools for preparing research works in the field of teaching the Performing Arts.

Cognitive Objectives:
• Introduction to Theatre and Music Pedagogy
• Fundamental Elements of Performing Arts Teaching and Training
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

PAT68 Cultural Policy and Management of the Performing Arts

Course Unit Code: PAT68

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Elective in all three specializations

Semester: Third(3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Course Content:

This Thematic Unit aims to provide specialized training in the planning, organization and implementation of cultural programs and curatorial activities, as well as in the management of festivals, cultural organizations and institutions active in the field of performing arts. In addition, it studies the organization and operation of public and private bodies active in the field of performing arts and examines public policies for the performing arts at national and European level.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • comprehend the institutions, functions and activities of culture in all their dimensions (aesthetic, social, legal, normative, economic, political, ideological, etc.).
  • know and apply the principles, procedures and policies for the management and organization of cultural institutions.
  • accurately map the cultural landscape of festivals, cultural organizations and institutions active in the field of performing arts at national and international level.
  • appreciate the contemporary trends governing the creative industries and understand the relationship between cultural policy and management and cultural communication in the digital environment of the 21st century, as well as artistic creation.
  • To understand and reproduce the methods of creative approach to cultural space and heritage, to evaluate cultural policies, and to propose well-founded ideas and solutions.
  • To compose artistic programs with an emphasis on the performing arts.
  • Finally, students are expected to possess substantial theoretical training in the Creative Industries, their development and prospects, as well as oversight of practices, methods, and key issues in cultural policy, management, and communication, with an emphasis on the Performing Arts.

Cognitive Objectives:

  • Organization and Management of Cultural Units
  • Cultural Marketing and Communication

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

PATDE Performing Arts Diplomacy Thesis

Code: PATDE

Credits ECTS: 30

Type: Compulsory

Semester: Fourth (4th)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Content:

The general categories of topics for Master’s dissertations are determined by the Program Director after consultation with the Coordinators of the Academic Units and are posted on the website of the Hellenic Open University before the start of the submission period for the relevant declaration by the students.

The thematic fields are indicative and are connected with the specialized knowledge areas of the thematic units of the postgraduate study program in Performing Arts, particularly of the corresponding three directions.

The topics proposed by the students may combine dimensions from two or more of these thematic fields.

Examples include:

  • Ancient Greek Theater
  • Contemporary World Theater
  • Musical Theater

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completing their Master’s dissertation, students are expected to:

  • Practically apply what they have learned regarding the theoretical field of research methodology in the field of the Performing Arts.
  • Delve deeply and effectively into the relevant literature, focusing primarily on key issues of interpretive analysis and semantic understanding.

General Regulation for the Preparation of Master’s Theses in postgraduate programmes with a six-month duration.

For more information regarding the Specifications – Useful Material for writing Master’s Theses and uploading a Thesis at the H.O.U. Repository, you can go to the Digital Training Area http://courses.eap.gr and especially to the Program of Studies section.

Prerequisites: The oral presentation of the MA Performing Arts Diplomacy Thesis takes place after the successful completion of the required Modules of the MA Programme.

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