DDMLY08 Project I - Complete implementation and team management – ENCOUNTER festival

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/24/91. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. BcA. Petra Vodičková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MgA. Blanka Kolegar
Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
The organization of the courses International Theatre Festival Management I, International Theatre Festival Management II and the International Theatre Festival I and II, as well as other producing project brought within subjects Individual Production Project, production meetings included - modular training.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to enable the student to implement a complex production project through work experience in order to demonstrate the knowledge for preparatory, implementation and post-production organizational activities at the project management level, in this case the large international festival.
The aim is therefore the application of knowledge and skills gained from the courses of bachelor study programme of theatre production specialization (management and leadership, project management, marketing, fundraising, economics, psychology, sociology, law, etc.) during the planning, implementation and evaluation of the large scale artistic project, in this case of the International Festival of Theatre Schools SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER through supervised practice. of theater management through work experience. Students are participating on a large scale project (festival SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER) and they are guided to apply theoretical skills gained within their bachelor studies under supervision.
Student can choose Project I as a graduation project (with a choice of Project I and Project II).
Learning outcomes
After graduation of the subject student acquires wide practical skills concerning the organization of the festival, practical legal knowledge related to theatre/event management.
Student is able to work in a team in a leading position and take responsibility for his/her own tasks as well as for the entire organizational team and perceives links between individual activities within the broader organizational structure.
Student is able to:
- Together with the organizing team to define tasks related to the artistic project, schedule them in time and divide them among individual team members,
- Work systematically with your time, define your own tasks and activities,
- to perform the assigned tasks with respect to the deadlines and the needs of other team members,
- Communicate with the team, discuss proposed solutions and reach common consensus.
The student is able to reflect own practical activities and is ready for processing the documentation of the Graduation Project.
Syllabus
  • Practical implementation of strategic and project management, financial management, legal issues, staffing of the international theater festival and international cultural events specifically with this syllabus:
    - project planning and strategic planning of the international theater festival
    - Financial management of the project: budgeting, fundraising, accounting and income as a basis for budgeting,
    - festival marketing and public relations, networking,
    - legal issues of the international theater festival,
    l - staffing of the international theater festival - the organizational structure,
    - management of communication and information flows, management of the team.
    Student is involved in the organization of the International Festival of Theatre Schools SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER at the highest management level including continuous peer review and self-evaluation in the seminar.
    Student brings creative ideas for the work of his/her team work as well as for the whole concept of the festival. Is able to evaluate own work as well as the work of the team members from the procedural and personal point of view.

    The result is a practical realization of the project, ie. implemented year of the festival, for which students organizational team reports to the Festival Board of Theatre Faculty JAMU.
Literature
    required literature
  • Prováděcí projekt příslušného ročníku festivalu SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER, který je jedním z výstupů předmětu Organizace mezinárodního divadelního festivalu. info
  • Statut festivalu SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER, Statut ocenění festivalu SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER a vnitřní předpisy DF JAMU.
  • Charakteristika absolventského výkonu a náležitosti písemné projektové dokumentace (specializace Divadelní produkce)
  • Opora pro výkony realizované ve vnitřním prostředí DF JAMU(specializace Divadelní produkce)
  • PRŮCHOVÁ, Hana, Zuzana JEŽKOVÁ, Branislav LACKO and Jaroslav ŠVEC. Projektové řízení - Jak zvládnout projekty. (Project management - How to master projects). 1. vyd. Brno: Akademické centrum studentských aktivit, 2014, 381 pp. ISBN 978-80-905297-1-7. info
  • KREJČÍ, Hana. Specifika uměleckých projektů. Pracovní sešit k publikaci Projektové řízení - Jak zvládnout projekty. 1. vyd. Brno: ACSA, 2014, 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-7460-050-0. info
    recommended literature
  • FREY, Bruno S., The Rise and Fall of Festivals - Reflections on the Salzburg Festival (June 2000). Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 48. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=236016 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.236016. info
  • ILCZUK, Dorota; MAGDALENA, Kulikowska. Festival Jungle, Policy Desert? : Festival Policies of Public Authorities in Europe. Španělsko : CIRCLE, EFRP, 2007. 287 s. Dostupné z WWW: . info
  • KIRITZ, N.J.: Plánování projektů a jeho písemná forma, 1998. info
  • MATÁSEK, Lukáš. Risk Management Practices in Cultural Events: Theatre Festivals in the Czech Republic. Salford, 2009. 88 s. Diplomová práce. The University of Slatford, Business School. info
  • MENEAR, P: Stage management and Theatre Administration. info
  • VERHAAR, J.: Projectmanagement. AHK Amsterdam 1998. info
    not specified
  • Vnitřní předpisy DF JAMU a JAMU.
Teaching methods
Form of teaching: artistic project Methods of teaching: Discussions, heuristic methods, individual and team work of students, presentations, guided practice.
Assessment methods
Graded credit on the basis of:
- practical activities in order to fulfill the project plan of the respective year of the festival,
- on the basis of regular personnel and process evaluation of festival organizing team members, evaluation is organized by student coordinator of the festival together with the teachers,
- Based on Feedback from the SETKÁNÍ / ENCOUNTER Festival Board.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught: in blocks.
Teacher's information
http://www.encounter.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.jamu.cz/course/difa/summer2025/DDMLY08