Directing 1

Subject is not scheduled Not scheduled

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
204MDDI1	credit	3	2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 57 to 72 hours of self-study	English	winter

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Department

The subject provides Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre

Directing class will lead the students towards understanding principles of theatre composition, rhytmisation and visualisation. They will practice directing and composition exercises in the group to become aware of relations of bodies, objects and space. They will also train how to work with presence of performers and their actions to create performative situations. Furthermore, they will be encouraged to research and identify the directing tools that allow them to follow their own creative ways of thinking.

Learning outcomes

Course graduate:

will cultivate the ability to recognize and define thematic and formal area of own artistic interests;
will cultivate the ability to perceive real and performative situation, its structure, dynamics and particular elements;
will develop the ability to work systematically and consistently with the selected performative form;
will examine own material/object/body based conceptual thinking.

Prerequisites and other requirements

None.

Literature

Morganová, Pavlína: Czech action art: happenings, actions, events, land art, body art and performance art behind the iron curtain Morganová, Pavlína: A walk through Prague: actions, performances, happenings 1949-1989

Kantor, Tadeusz: The Milano Lessons

Evaluation methods and criteria

75% of attandance.

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