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GC__51800表演藝術概論
Introduction to the Performing Arts
Dr. Robin Erik Ruizendaal 羅斌
/三9/三10/理工二館A429
English-taught course 外籍生優先 

  1.Course introduction 
  2.Gods on Stage: Religion, ritual and the origins of theatre
  3.Early forms of theatre: Greek, Roman and Indian theatre
  4.Masked theatre in Asia 
  5.Performing Spaces: Theatres, Markets and Temples 
  6.Medieval theatre in Europe and the Middle East
  7.Midterm exam
  8.Puppet theatre in Asia
  9.Betolt Brecht and avant-garde theatre in the 20th century 
10.Theatre in Africa: From ritual to the stage
11.Dance in the Asian performing arts 
12.Shadow theatre around the world
13.How to create a play from script writing, forming a creative team, stage design, budget control, promotion, rehearsals to the final performance.
14.Opera and music theatre
15.Cross-discipline and multi-media performances 
16.The exciting world of Central and South American theatre
17.Field trip to visit Taiwanese theatre company
18.Final exam

Introduction Robin Ruizendaal
 

Robin Ruizendaal was the director of the Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum in Taipei from 2000 to 2020, Taiwan, with a collection of over 10.000 Asian theatre puppets, masks and related artifacts. He is currently head of the Asian theatre puppet research project of the National Taiwan Museum. He holds a Ph.D. in sinology from Leiden University in the Netherlands (Marionette Theatre in Quanzhou, Brill publishers, 2006). He has published widely on Asian (puppet) theatre (Asian Theatre Puppets, Thames & Hudson, 2009 etc.) and was curator numerous (puppet) theatre related exhibitions around the world. He has written and directed more than 20 modern and traditional Taiwanese music theatre productions, that have been performed in over 30 countries around the world. He is an honorary citizen of the city of Taipei and recipient of the Prix franco-taiwanais of the Institute de France in Paris in 2019 for the promotion of Taiwanese puppet theatre around the world. In 2021, he received the Cultural Collaboration Medal by the Ministry of Culture in Taiwan.