Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Semester
204NPF1	ZK	3	5/T	winter

Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Tomáš RULLER, Karel MAKONJ, Howard LOTKER

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Ability to find a language (body, image and verbal) as a means of communication in a particular caliber in theatre environments and non-theatre communties, to create spectral approaches in social-cultural motivation.

Mode of study:

Theory and practice bearing in a space in theatre and non-theatre environments and contexts. An interdisciplinary lab on the border of genre and style. Preparation of the concept, consultations, implementation and subsequent review of stage events arising from initiatives of distinct semester tasks. Also from the potential which is offered to the students in collaborating with public administrations, schools, and other cultural-societal objects. This cuts across study-years and supports student teamwork, which in normal study would not occur.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Talent is the only requirement and is verified in the talent exam of the entrance process.

No special knowledge is required for course registration.

Recommended optional programme components:

Attendance at a wide-spectrum of events (festivals, reviews, exhibitions, perfromances in non-traditional spaces, participation in organized workshops, participating in grants. Preparations of one's project, either implemented or in the preparation phase.

Course contents:

The body and mass in a compilation biomechanics in architecture. Movement, stopping and fluency.

Measure of space and time. Time in action. Considered. Time for reaction. Time acceleration. Time for rest. Time for leaving.

1. Project concept

- written project concept

- etude

- analysis of specific directing and performing techniques considering the project concept intentions.

2. Project:

- consultation

- analysis

- project implementation and subsequent analysis.

- investigation of directing and performing techniques considering the project.

Recommended or required reading:

Peter Brook: Pohyblivý bod, Prázdný prostor

Ondřej Cihlář: Nový cirkus

Kazimierz Braun: Divadelní prostor

Barba Eugenio, Savarese Nicola - O skrytém umění herců

Radoslava Schmelzová, Václav Cílek, Martin Kukučka: Divadlo v netradičním prostoru, performance, site specific - současné tendence

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lectures, classes, project consultations, field instruction

Assessment methods and criteria:

Attendance, completed etudes and assignments, participation in colloquia, project concept.

Course web page:

Note:

Instruction schedule see: www DAMU / katedra ALD / Rozvrhy hodin

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:

Performerství alternativního divadla (Bc.) programu Divadelní tvorba v netradičních prostorech (compulsory subject of the main qualification)