Costume Design en Route: France – Italy – Sweden
Résumé
The workshop focuses on current research in European theatrical costume between 17th and 19th centuries. The materiality of costume, the making process and the makers (designers, tailors, seamstresses etc.) stand in the centre of our attention.
The language of costume-making is a technical one, meanings of certain terms are difficult to determine, and they often changed as the words and practices travelled between different places and in time. Similarly, interpretations of design or idea of character could differ in various contexts. And finally, the physical transformation belongs to the typical biography of costume, as the fabrics had to adapt to changing styles and bodies. Terminology, transnational exchanges and changes over time, including re-use, alterations and reconstructions of garments, are therefore the topics that will be addressed during the workshop.
Organiser: Petra Dotlacilova
Participants:
French National Centre for Stage Costume – Delphine Pinasa
Czech National Institute / Château Český Krumlov – Kateřina Cichrová
Swedish Royal Armoury – Magdalena Piotrowska & Sofia Nestor
Anna Kjellsdotter (Royal Swedish Opera): Alterations of Costume Through Time
Mickaël Bouffard (Théâtre Molière Sorbonne)
Veronica Isaac (University of Brighton)
Stephanie Blythman (Royal College of Art)
Corinne Thepaut-Cabasset (Château de Versailles)
Joanna Jarvis (Birmingham City University)