Work on Performance 1

Tutor:

Jan BURIAN, Jana HLAVÁČOVÁ, Jakub KORČÁK, Jana KUDLÁČKOVÁ, Ladislav MRKVIČKA, Jan ŠŤASTNÝ

Synopsis:

The class focuses on practical verification of gained knowledge and skills and especially on the development of the abilities of motivation of dramatic action and work with space including the ability to work with the placement and movement of an actor in space. With mutual cooperation of students in the fields of directing, dramaturgy, acting (and possibly scenography) on production tasks, the common denominator is the development and acting/directing initiation of a dramatic situation.

Prerequisites:

A professionally equipped school stage, intensive cooperation with the departments of scenography, production and possibly other divisions. Cooperation with manufacturing, agencies and the media. External coworkers depending on the type of production being prepared. Cooperation with acting students in other years of study from the Department of Dramatic Theatre and the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre.

Study Objectives:

1. Ability to read and interpret text

2. Ability to create dramatic space

3. Ability to perform thematicized movement in space

4. Ability to work with given circumstances and motivation of action

5. Ability to achieve the initiation of a dramatic situation through acting/directing

6. Ability to create mise en scene

7. Ability as a storyteller and to compose a production as a whole

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

1. Analysis of a text and plan for a production

2. The situation and creation of dramatic space

3. Movement and position in space

4. Given circumstances and motivation of action

5. Relations between characters and initiation of the dramatic situation

6. Creating mise en scene and barriers to action

7. Storytelling and composition of the production as a whole

Syllabus:

On the basis of analysis of the text and the production plan arising from it, students proceed to identify individual situations and together they create the dramatic space. They become practically familiarized with the expressive possibilities of the relations by thematized movement and position in space. An integral part is work with given circumstances and practical verification of the motivation of action. The main content is acting/directing development and initiation of dramatic situations and creation of a corresponding mise en scene. By the end of the semester, the students arrive at an entire, deliberately composed, thematicized production. An integral part of the class is reflection on the achieved results.

Study materials:

Artaud, A.; Divadlo a jeho dvojenec; Herrmann, Praha 1994

Barba, A.; Slovník divadelní antropologie; Div. ústav, Lid. noviny; Praha 2000

Brecht, B.; Myšlenky; Čs. spisovatel; Praha 1958

Brockett, 0. G.; Dějiny divadla; Lidové noviny, Divadelní ústav; Praha 1999

Brook, P.; Prázdný prostor; Panorama; Praha 1988

Brook, P.; Nitky času; Divadelní ústav; Praha 2004

Burian, E. F.; O nové divadlo; Praha 1946

Císař, J.; Člověk v situaci; ISV; Praha 2000

Císař, J.; Základy činoherní režie; Horizont; Praha 1984

Čechov, M.; O herecké technice; Divadelní ústav; Praha 1996

Efros, A.; Divadlo má láska; Panorama; Praha 1980

Efros, A.; Povolání - Režisér; Panorama; Praha 1986

Frejka, J.; Divadlo je vesmír; Divadelní ústav; Praha 2004

Grossman, J.; Analýzy; Čs. spisovatel; Praha 1991

Hilar, K. H.; O divadle; Divadelní ústav; Praha 2002

Hyvnar, J. ; Herec v moderním divadle; Pražská scéna; Praha 2000

Kraus, K. ; O divadle; Lidové noviny; Praha 1990

Pilátová, J. ; Jerzy Grotowski a teatr Laboratorium; PKS; Praha 1990

Stanislavskij, K. S.; Můj život v umění; Praha 1962

Vostrý, J.; O hercích a herectví; Achát; Praha 1998

Vostrý, J.; Režie je umění; AMU; Praha 2001

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	místnost () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Tue	místnost () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Fri	místnost () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Thu	místnost () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Fri	místnost () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský herectví ČD (main subject)