Preconditions of Acting 2

Subject guarantor:

Jan BURIAN

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan BURIAN, Blanka BURIANOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of the study is to introduce the students to the basic forms of modern acting with an emphasis on working on the actor in one's self. Besides this, a cultivation of the internal-tactile sense contained in acting preparations for the rehearsal process and creating a dramatic character.

Mode of study:

Course and practical exercise.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1) Creative abilities: internal-tactile feeling, spatial imagination, sense of dramatic situations.

2) Knowledge of the history and types of theatre culture.

3) An orientation in Czech and World drama literature

4) Mastery of basic theatre terminology.

Recommended optional programme components:

Monitoring Theatre news, progressive stagings and films, excellent acting performances.

Course contents:

Curriculum:

1)Introduction to the subject, terminology.

2)Changes to acting style during various historical period.

3)Modern acting schools.

4)Acting in the structure of a production.

5)Prerequisites for acting: talent, performing ability, mental, physical.

6)The internal and external technique of acting.

7)Ethics of the acting profession.

Syllabus:

The course's content is learning the basics of theory and practice of acting, its specific features and psychological, anthropological and social elements. Practical exercises are an important part of the course. Students of directing and dramaturgy write their own short texts with dramatic situations, interpret them, and rehearse them, acting in each other's works. They then reflect collectively on each exercise, and they combine practical learning with theoretical conclusions. Instruction includes writing on assigned topics concerning the problems of acting.

Recommended or required reading:

Jaroslav Vostrý: O herectví a hercích

M.Mistrík: Herecké techniky 20.storočia

Jan Hyvnar: Herec v moderním divadle

K.S.Stanislavskij: Moje výchova k herectví

Jan Grossman: Analýzy

Michail Čechov: O herecké technice

Jan Kopecký: Antoin Artaud

Z.Bratršovská, J.Hrdlička: Zpráva o bílém divadle

Declan Donnellan: Herec a jeho cíl

Louis Jouvet: Nepřevtělený herec

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

This course supplements acting training with an investigation of creative suppositions and understanding of various acting theory and practical training methods. Development of the ability toe create a drama situation, through improvisation and from text excerpts. This process is completed with a written reflection upon it and moderated debates.

Assessment methods and criteria:

The activity of the student is evaluated in the course, their imagination and dramatic sensitivity. The main emphasis is placed on the ability to recognize and create drama situation and implementing it through a character's behaviour in a space.

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Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Herectví činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)