Acquiring in-depth knowledge and skills needed for an individual and group work in the field of scene design and techniques, with the special focus on understanding and application of the renaissance and baroque principles of scene design in the contemporary practices.

Knowledge and understanding of the principles of scene design and techniques in the renaissance and baroque age. Ability to recognize and creatively apply these traditional ideas in the contemporary scene design and technique. Ability to work individually on concrete artistic tasks.

Spatial design of contemporary performing events in the context of the renaissance and post- renaissance ideas about the performing space. Renaissance spatial concepts of the performing events. Techniques of conceiving and realizing scenes in the renaissance theatre of Italy and England. Ideas about renaissance theatre applied in contemporary scenic art. Baroque concepts of performing space. Techniques of conceiving and realizing scenes conventional theatres and spaces. Baroque ideas about performing space applied to the post-baroque theatre, as well as the contemporary theatre practice.

Interactive lectures – teacher presentation and obligatory conversation with students on a given lecture topic. Independent student work on an individual project under the mentorship of with teachers and teaching assistants. Workshops, in which the topics elaborated in lectures are analysed and connected through practical work with the students’ projects. Student project implies the development of a conceptual design for a given stage and a given dramatic text. The project is a contemporary interpretation of the renaissance and/or baroque concepts and principles of performing space.