DFDL320 Herectví III - fyzické divadlo

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/8/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: graded credit. Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Dalibor Buš (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Pierre Nadaud, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pierre Nadaud, Ph.D.
Physical Theatre Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Physical Theatre Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:30–17:45 301, Tue 14:30–16:00 EXT_SAL, Wed 14:30–16:00 202
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 third year of acting is dedicated to:
Stage and off-stage improvisation
Exploring forms at the boundaries of acting: documentary theatre, invisible theatre, theatre of the oppressed, and more.

The second goal of this third year acting course is to give students the opportunity to meet other acting teachers and other teaching approaches.
Learning outcomes
Acquire fluency in theatrical improvisation, learn the techniques involved and be able to analyse them.
Set up the conditions for collective creative work.
Be familiar with methods for increasing the quality of exchanges within the group.
Be familiar with a number of boundaries approaches to acting, including documentary theatre and theatre of the oppressed.
Be able to implement methods for collecting artistic content and materials from people outside the creative collective.
Reflect ethically on this content and material and find ways of respecting the ethical framework that has been set.
Relate a theme to a way of sharing theatre.
Reflect on the role of the theatre artist in society.
Syllabus
  • First semester:
  • Porformativity and Theatricality. Lectures.
  • In situ observation and theatrical restitution.
  • Embedding theatricality in everyday life.
  • Ethic's questions.
  • The theatre of the oppressed.
  • Second semester:
  • Collective research on the topic. Methods.
  • Integrative processes for the group. Different processes.
  • Communication and sharing process of the topic with people outside the creative collective. Different methods of creating content and materials for public presentation.
  • Working with these contents and materials: shaping, deconstructing, moving, shifting.
  • Ethical issues related to the use of these materials and contents.
  • Finding appropriate ways of sharing with the public.
  • Creating a model/sketch.
  • Presentation.
Literature
    required literature
  • Johnstone, Keith. 2014. IMPRO: improvizace a divadlo. Praha: Akademie múzických umění.
    recommended literature
  • BOAL, A. Games for Actors and Non-Actors. 1. vyd. Londodn: Routledge, 1992. ISBN 0-415-06154-7. info
  • Cantrell, Tom. 2013. Acting in documentary theatre. Palgrave macmillan.
  • Huxley Michael a Witts. Noel. 2002. The twentieth-century performance reader. London; New York: Routledge.
Teaching methods
Lectures. Student presentations. Discussions. Teaching methods based on exercises, practice and a euristic approach. Practical work (self-study).
Assessment methods
Students are asked to create a concept for a theatrical intervention and present a sketch of it. This work is provoked by the following question:
"What would you invent that would integrate itself into the city (or other public settings), in people's daily lives, in architecture and, gradually or suddenly, cause daily life to deviate from its usual course, that would create a shift. Then something like a spectacle would emerge from this everyday, reveal itself and manifest itself, to the point of finding its resolution in a face-to-face encounter between performers and spectators. (Integrate, shift, to hatch, to manifest, to show, to resolve.")
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022.
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