My doctoral thesis If the Anger dances - Fasnacht in Basel and the Velvet
Carnival of Prague continues on topics, already researched for my master
thesis and published as Fasnacht – a carnival in Basel in 2013. Now I deeply
analyse the evolution of masks (Laarve) and a stream of inner revolt (Wilde
Fasnacht). As well I show evolution of Fasnacht since the end of 19th century into
the present form that grew into some archaic characteristics. From outside looks
Fasnacht as a firmly structured ritual, but from inside shows an extraordinary
ability of inner changes and flexibility. By presenting different forms of changes I
tend to find principles that keep Fasnacht alive in the modern times.
Since six years, throughout my whole doctoral studies, I devoted myself to
organise the Velvet Carnival in Prague, a carnevalesque celebration that is
directly inspired by Basler Fasnacht. At the end of my thesis I am presenting
basic elements we transferred from the original and try to evaluate how those
elements live in the new background.
In the context of Basel and Prague I thematise a creative potential of anger that
can be manifested in an artistic way. So do I show Fasnacht and Velvet Carnival
as a cultivated form of middle-age Rough music and as a creative manifestation
of active citizenship.
Part of my thesis is a documentary film Beneath the mask, there is darkness
(made by Viola Ježková) and a book of 5 Years of The Velvet Carnival.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:391708 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Cieslarová, Olga Věra |
| Contributors | PILÁTOVÁ, Jana, KOUBOVÁ, Alice |
| Publisher | Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Divadelní fakulta. Knihovna |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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