Learn how theatre and globalization have affected each other over the past century, and how to conduct your own research on global theatre histories.
Theatre and Globalization
Theatre and Globalization
Instructor: Christopher Balme
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1 week at 10 hours a week
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Taught in English
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There are 6 modules in this course
Introductions with definitions of "theatre" and "globalization"; conceptualizing 'global theatre histories'; overview of online resources for researching the history of theatre during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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6 videos5 readings1 peer review
How we can relate migration and mobility to the dissemination of theatre.
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6 videos2 readings
Actors, Managers, and Theatrical Agents; with a focus on the people who organized the global migration of theatre.
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7 videos2 readings1 assignment
Theatre Buildings as 'Cultural Hubs' and 'Contact Zones'; methodologies and concepts for approaching theatres as places where different people, languages, and cultures met and interacted.
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6 videos2 readings1 peer review
Theatre and the Cold War; theatre as a site of the rivalry between East and West.
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10 videos2 readings
Festivals, Megamusicals, and Livestreaming; how contemporary types of theatre reflect globalization and new technologies.
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9 videos2 readings1 assignment
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MG
Reviewed on Nov 18, 2020
Thank you for this inspiring course! It is nice to combine the discussion of theatre history and the context of globalisation, which also allows me to observe some cross-cultural theatre practice.
TP
Reviewed on Aug 9, 2020
I loved this course ! It gave me a new prospective on how theater has spread across the world and how artists have passed their own traditions across cultural and political borders.
JQ
Reviewed on Feb 16, 2017
Enjoyable course. Thanks. I learned a lot about my own community.
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