Directing 8

Tutor:

Jan BURIAN

Synopsis:

The subject follows up on the results of Bachelor's studies and focuses on mastery of integrated stage creation under the conditions of a professional theatre. The content of the course is determined to an appropriate extent by preparation, continuous generalization and reflection on work on productions and performances in the courses Stage Creation and Production Practice.

Prerequisites:

A professionally equipped school stage, intensive cooperation with the departments of stage design, production and possibly other department. Cooperation with manufacturers, agencies and the media. External collaborators depending on the type of production being prepared. Cooperation with students in other years of study in the field of acting at the departments of dramatic theatre and alternative and puppet theatre.

Study Objectives:

Demonstrate the ability to do independent creative work on a production from initial inspiration to realization before the public. Cooperate with other artists on the comprehensive form with the full-fledged use of all available audio-visual means. The production, organizational and marketing aspects of a director's work. Preparing one's own joint study of the production and its execution. Transforming the staging intent in relation to colleagues and audiences. The director as a leader and team member.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum

1. Introduction to the study of a production

2. Reading, blocking acting, technical, lighting, full and dress rehearsals

3. First performance, premiere, repeat performances

4. Collaborating with producers and actors

5. Leading individuals and groups

6. Rehearsal tactics and strategies

7. Coaching of movement, dancing, sound, speech and singing

8. The production and its promotion

Syllabus

Instruction focuses on practical realization of a full-length theatrical performance using the full range of expressive means. In their work, students must take into consideration the individual and shared topics of their collaborators, the context of the theatre, the context of the venue and the context of the theatre's other productions. Students learn the meaningful interconnection of the individual components of a theatrical performance through lively communication with selected colleagues and carry out a difficult, thematicized montage with respect to content and form with the use of full-fledged scenography, music and sound. They learn the proper scheduling of progress on work, delegation of tasks to colleagues and communication with them. They learn the continuous seeking of form and the ability to develop an imagined theme. They create an appropriate mechanism for notes and its organization and evaluation, using auxiliary literature independently, and testing their inspiration beyond the theatre in art and reality.

Study materials:

Pavis, Patrice ? Dictionary of the Theatre

Gordon, Robert ? The purpose of playing: modern acting theories in perspective

Schechner, Richard - Performance theory [2005]

Bogart, Anne - A director prepares: seven essays on art and theatre

Čechov, Michail Alexandrovič - The path of the actor

Čechov, Michail Alexandrovič - To the actor: on the technique of acting

Donnellan, Declan - The actor and the target

Hauser, Frank; Reich, Russell - Notes on Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director`s Chair

Gaskill, William - A Sense of direction

Krasner, David (ed.) - Method acting reconsidered: theory, practice, future

Lecoq, Jacques - The moving body: teaching creative theatre

Luere, Jeane - Playwright Versus Director: Authorial Intentions and Performance Interpretations

Hodge, Alison - Twentieth century actor training [2007]

Johnstone, Keith - IMPRO: improvisation and the Theatre

Merlin, Bella - Beyond Stanislavsky: the psycho-physical approach to actor training

Mitter, Shomit - Systems of Rehearsal. Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski and Brook

Rudlin, John - Commedia dell´arte: an actor´s handbook

Rudlin, John; Crick, Olly - Commedia dell´arte: a handbook for troupes

Stanislavski, Constantin - An actor´s handbook: an alphabetical arrangement of concise statements on aspects of acting

Stanislavski, Constantin - An actor´s work: a student´s diary

Thomas, James Michael - Script analysis for actors, director and designers

Zarrilli, Phillip B. - Psychophysical acting: an intercultural approach after Stanislavski

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 K329 Pracovna pedagogů (Karlova 26, Praha 1) 15:00–18:00 (paralelka 1)
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský režie ČD (main subject)