Working Techniques with an Actor
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204PUTA | exam | 6 | 30 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 30 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 105 to 135 hours of self-study | English |
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Name of lecturer(s)
Department
Předmět zajišťuje Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre
Contents
This is a practical course aimed at preparing a series of etudes with the actor under the watchful eye of the professor. The objective is to teach the students to formulate the tasks for actors and later execute these tasks. Application of several techniques of working with the actor. Objectives: Creating student’s skills of articulation own interpretational, aesthetic and formal concepts in the way that should help the actor in the process of creating a role and also help to conduct broadly understood stage actions;Working
on student’s skill to formulate ideas in a communicative way and to pass them to the actor in a form of so called “acting tasks”, which are more detailed dispositions concerning actor’s physical actions as well as emotional actions in concrete stage situations;Creating logical ”acting tasks” connected to the director’s ideas and concepts.
Learning outcomes
This is a practical course aimed at preparing a series of etudes with the actor under the watchful eye of the professor. The objective is to teach the students to formulate the tasks for actors and later execute these tasks. Application of several techniques of working with the actor.
Prerequisites and other requirements
None
Literature
Michael Chekhov,On the Technique of Acting
Eugenio Barba and Nicola Savarese A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer
Edward Gordon Craig, On the art of the theatre
Stephen Book Book on Acting: Improvisation Technique for the Professional Actor in Film, Theater, and Television
Eugenio Barba The Paper Canoe: A Guide to Theatre Anthropology
Konstantin Stanislavski: An Actor Prepares
Evaluation methods and criteria
Practical exam: preparing specific practical work in the form of stage presentation basing on a chosen literary material in front of examination commission
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course