Work on Stage 5

Subject guarantor:

Milan SCHEJBAL

Name of lecturer(s):

Milan SCHEJBAL

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. Ability to read and interpret a text and create a dramaturgical/directing conception

2. Ability to analyze a dramatic situation and motivation for action of dramatic characters

3. Ability to lead and motivate actors when the director and actors play out a situation

4. Ability to create and organize dramatic space

5. Ability to perform scenic stylization and alienization

6. Ability to express the meaning of a dramatic situation in time and space through mise en scene

7. Ability to coordinate and control all elements of creative productions and their harmonizing into a unified, thematicized whole

Mode of study:

Classes, tests, performance

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Mastery of theatre terminology. Knowledge of contemporary theatre.

Recommended optional programme components:

Continuous monitor of novelties in theatre, production, drama texts and trade literature including periodicals.

Course contents:

1. Analysis of the text and staging intent

2. The situation and creating dramatic space

3. Movement and position in space

4. Given circumstances and motivation of action

5. Relations of characters and playing out the dramatic situation

6. Creating mise en scene and barriers to action

7. Fabulation and composing the production as a whole

Syllabus:

Based on analysis of the text and the staging intent arising from it, students proceed to identifying individual situations and collectively creating dramatic space. They become familiar in practice with the possibilities for expression of mutual relations by thematicized movement and position in space. An integral component is work with given circumstances and practical verification of motivation for action. The main content is playing out and developing of the dramatic situation by the director and actors and the creation of a corresponding mise en scene. At the end of the semester, the students arrive at a whole production that is deliberately composed and thematicized.An integral component of the class is reflection on the results achieved.

Recommended or required reading:

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

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Selection, analysis and adjustment of parts of a drama text, its casting and rehearsing, as the case may be, artistic and music treatment. The entire process climaxes in the Summary performance which is followed by its written review and oral defense.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Grading is done based on the artistic results of the Summary performance. An important part is the participation of the student in class debates and creative joining in at the exam.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

	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 () 15:00–18:00 (paralelka 1)
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri	místnost () 15:00–18:00 (paralelka 1)

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Mon	15:00–18:00				paralelka 1
	Fri	15:00–18:00				paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (main subject)