Marie Jirásková studied scenography at the Department of Alternative Theatre, DAMU from 1986 till 1991. In this period, she also worked as a scenographer for various theaters and took part in both national and international festivals. As an artist, she has cooperated with the bands Bratrstvo, The Street, This Morn’omina, Magnetic and Bullerbyne since 1990. Marie Jirásková designed stage settings and costumes for the following ensembles: Kašpar, Figuren Theater Wolfsburg, Misery Loves Company, Studio Dům, Centre for Experimental Theatre, Goose on a String Theatre, West Bohemian Theatre Cheb, Antonína Dvořák Theatre Ostrava, The Theatre of Moravian Slovakia, Reduta – The National Theatre Brno. She cooperated with directors like J. Špalek, E. Tálská, A. Goldflam, H. Krejčí, V. Herajtová, R. Lipus and others. Marie Jirásková also deals with fine arts (installations, objects, videos, photos).

She designs costumes and creates the visual style of many documentaries and TV series for Czech Television. Together with her partner she is building a large collection focusing on the history of Czech pre-war family puppet theatre and so-called modernism. She has designed many important exhibition projects. Since 1996, she has been a lecturer at the Stage Design Department at Theatre Faculty JAMU Brno where she successfully defended her Ph. D. thesis Loutka a moderna in 2009.

Teaching:

MASK

Masks present something. They evoke and produce emotions. The aim of this course is to make students familiar with the history, technology and forms of masks and their importance for theatre. The course should also prepare students to be able to make masks as artifacts, works of art or parts of costume design and fashion. The course is closely connected to the Costume and Scenography course. It broadens students’ knowledge necessary for the Academic scenic project. Students’ experience from this course can be later applied practically at the school studio Marta, during Scenography Days or at Mask Festivals and other independent projects.

COSTUME AND SCENOGRAPHY

The initial aim of the course is a visual expression of emotional contrasts based on text, music or a work of art. The following lectures focus on complex art and scenographic solutions of a given topic. The topic, characters and visual relations in particular space are analyzed. Solution: analysis – associations – archetype – internal reality – exploring characters and space in both a historical and contemporary context – finding dramatic elements – relations and their mutual interaction in the process of drama creation

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