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Theatre and Globalization

Instructor: Christopher Balme

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

236 reviews

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No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

96%

Most learners liked this course

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There are 6 modules in this course

Learn how theatre and globalization have affected each other over the past century, and how to conduct your own research on global theatre histories.

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.

What's included

6 videos5 readings1 peer review

6 videosTotal 26 minutes

Introduction to Global Theatre Histories (GTH)4 minutes
Globalization4 minutes
Deterritorialization, Modernization, and Connectivity 4 minutes
Methodology 6 minutes
Course Outline 3 minutes
Resources for Global Theatre Histories6 minutes

5 readingsTotal 50 minutes

Syllabus10 minutes
About Us10 minutes
Grading and Logistics10 minutes
Definitions, Methods, and Resources for Writing Global Theatre Histories10 minutes
Historical Newspapers Online10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Researching Digital Newspaper Archives60 minutes

How we can relate migration and mobility to the dissemination of theatre.

What's included

6 videos2 readings

Actors, Managers, and Theatrical Agents; with a focus on the people who organized the global migration of theatre.

What's included

7 videos2 readings1 assignment

7 videosTotal 42 minutes

Global Players - Introduction 1 minute
Sarah Bernhardt4 minutes
Connecting the World. Newspaper Networks 7 minutes
Daniel Bandman4 minutes
Kawakami Otojirō and Sadda Yacco8 minutes
Theatrical Management9 minutes
Theatrical Agents 9 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Global Players: Actors, Managers, and Agents10 minutes
Resources for Module 310 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Midterm30 minutes

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.

What's included

6 videos2 readings1 peer review

Theatre and the Cold War; theatre as a site of the rivalry between East and West.

What's included

10 videos2 readings

10 videosTotal 45 minutes

Theatre and the Cold War 2 minutes
The Iron Theatrical Curtain 2 minutes
Cultural Diplomacy 4 minutes
The Stanislawski System 4 minutes
Interview with Dr. Li Yinan 5 minutes
Porgy and Bess in the Soviet Union 9 minutes
Theatrical Public Goods 4 minutes
The Cost Disease 2 minutes
Interview with Prof. Stephen Wilmer 7 minutes
Decolonizing the Stage: Theatrical Interweaving 5 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

East versus West: Cold War Rivalries10 minutes
Resources for Module 510 minutes

Festivals, Megamusicals, and Livestreaming; how contemporary types of theatre reflect globalization and new technologies.

What's included

9 videos2 readings1 assignment

9 videosTotal 51 minutes

Introduction 2 minutes
Theatre Festivals5 minutes
Megamusicals 4 minutes
Interview with Christina Lagao 11 minutes
Interview with David Savran 10 minutes
New Theatre Buildings 4 minutes
Transmedia Storytelling3 minutes
Theatrical Global Media: Livecast 9 minutes
Wrapping Up 4 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Festivalization, Megamusicals and Theatrical Global Media10 minutes
Resources Module 610 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Final30 minutes

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Christopher Balme

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

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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.

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.

Reviewed on Feb 1, 2022

Ausgezeichnet! Thank you Professor Balme for a fascinating perspective on the eveolution of modern theater.

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