Directing Possibilities in Non-Traditional Spaces 3

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Name of lecturer(s):

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Comparison of traditional directing with directing in non-traditional spaces. A review of their common foundations and differences. Analysis and search for the particulars of a theatre project in non-traditional spaces. Issues of site-specific projects and performances. Relation of the actor-performer. Interaction of the stage component. Perception of a space as another component of a theatre structure.

Mode of study:

Class exercises, lectures, analysisof original projects on the web. Assistance and supervision in the implementation of selected projects.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of 204NRM 2 Directing Potential in Non-traditional Spaces 2.

Sense of time and space, teamwork, creativity and disposition for working in non-traditional spaces and its linking to the context of a theatre work.

Recommended optional programme components:

Attending the widest scope of activities (festivals, reviews, exhibitions and performances in non-traditional spaces). Participation in organized workshops, joining grant competitions. Preparations of one's project, either in the implementation or preparation phase.

Course contents:

The particulars of theatre in non-traditional spaces. Investigating the relationships among, topic, subject, text and space. Review of the interaction of selected production tools. Investigating particular types of acting on the edges of traditional acting and performance. Perception of a space as inspiration and a component. Awarenes of the distinction of a non-traditional project in time, space, economically, in production and promotion accompanying activities as a part of the execution of a work of art. Variations in the relationship between social intervention and an art work and its review.

The experience in one's art projects will be assessed in teamwork for a particular topic area. An inseparable part is theory knowledge and continuity of this knowledge in the creation of the project.

Aspects of individual courses reflect each other and create potential for the resulting form.

Recommended or required reading:

R.Schmelzová, T. Žižka a kol.: Divadlo v netradičním prostoru, performance a site specific, současné tendence

Denisa Václavová, Tomáš Žižka: Site specific

Peter Brook: Prázdný prostor, Pohyblivý bod

Miloslav Klíma: Divadlo a interakce I,II,III

Kazimierz Braun: Divadelní prostor

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Workshops, classes, creativity exercises, execution of selected projects, review of one's activity.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Attendance, Participation in the colloquium, teamwork, project concept.

Course web page:

www.adaptabilita.cz

Note:

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

Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Arts Management (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design - Costumes and Masks (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education - part-time 2 years (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Arts Management (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Authorial Acting (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education - part-time 4 years (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design - Film and Television (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Authorial Acting - 3 years (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education - part-time 3 years (M.A.) (optional subject)