Directing 9

Course unit code:

204RE9

Course unit title:

Directing 9

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

1/T

Type of course unit:

compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

magisterský

Year of study

2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

3

Garant předmětu:

Miroslav KROBOT, Josef KROFTA

Name of lecturer(s):

Miroslav KROBOT, Josef KROFTA

Study Objectives:

Senior MA program - teacher as chosen by the student

1. Basics of theatre direction.

2. Directing from the perspective of genre variety.

3. The general alphabet of a director; alphabet of a director in the sense of an authorial position and statement.

4. Working with the production team and ultimate theatrical synthesis. General idea.

5. Working with the actor

Mode of delivery:

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Creativity and reflection, ability to analyse and synthesise, ability to communicate.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

Curriculum:

1. Basic pre-requisites for directorial work.

2. The director in theatre; musical, artistic and physical theatre, focusing on alternative and puppet theatre.

3. Textual analysis. Personal vision of the world and a personal statement on the world.

4. Theme and story.

5. Integrational mode of thinking.

6. Time and rhythm.

7. Detail and the whole.

8. Editing and montage.

9. Working with the actor. Situation. The character and actor?s personality.

10. Improvisational method.

11. Specific production practice.

Syllabus:

Direction in synthetic and authorial theatre.

Contemporary direction has access to all possibilities of expression; it is open and seeks unity in quantity. It develops a principle of theatre with its own eyes and speaks to the present in a dialectic. We see everything from our own creative method governed by improvisation.

Study materials:

1. Peter Brook Prázdný prostor

2. Peter Brook Pohyblivý bod

3. Zdeněk Hořínek Divadlo jako hra

4. Jaroslav Vostrý Režie je umění

5. Vsevolod Mejerchold Rekonstrukce divadla

6. Josef Kovalčuk Autorské divadlo

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:

	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
Tue
Fri	místnost R208 Kancelář (Karlova 26, Praha 1) KROFTA J. 11:00–15:00 (paralelka 1)
Thu	místnost R208 Kancelář (Karlova 26, Praha 1) KROFTA J. 11:00–15:00 (paralelka 1)
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Režie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (main subject)