Movement and Space 2

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Subject guarantor:

Petra OSWALDOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Petra OSWALDOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Theme: Transformation of a space, site-specific theatre.

1. Inspiration by changing a space and exploration in it.

2. Ability of the body to express forces which affect the environment and forces which develop in the area around it.

3. To discover a story in a space.

4. Authorship in a movement and a space.

Mode of study:

Regular weekly meetings of the entire study-year at different places and spaces- inside and outside.

Feedback on individual space assignments:

How I see myself/ How I appear.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1. Physical health.

2. Ability to sense a space and a time.

3. Ability to manage movement rhythm dynamics and rhythm.

4. Presence.

Course contents:

In the first phase students perceive transformation of spaces and transformation of their bodily tension and movement in those spaces. The second phase is an individual searching for „my“ space that evokes some concrete theme, exercise they have experienced through Training for Movement 1 and 2 and Movement and Space 1 (e.g.: elements, colours, animals, my space in the outside space).

Short authorial presentation to the chosen theme in the chosen space. Solo or paired.

Recommended or required reading:

KAYE, Nick: Site-Specific Art: Performance, Place and Documentation. 2004.

KWON, Miwon: One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity. 2000.

LECOQ, Jacques: Theatre of Movement and Gesture. ISBN-13: 978-0415359443.

LECOQ, Jacques: The Moving Body- Teaching Creative Theatre. ISBN-13: 9780878301416.

PEARSON, Mike: Site-specific performance. 2010.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on:

1. Class attendance.

2. Interest and personal creativity.

3. Authorial presentation.

4. Review- not written! E.g.. video, painting, music.

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Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: