Stage Movement 8

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Subject guarantor:

Dora SULŽENKO HOŠTOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Veronika KNYTLOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1.Grasp the importance of movement for acting.

2.Learn to perceive, respect and react to other persons in stage space.

3.Development of acting creativity.

Mode of study:

Exercises.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Ability to analyze and synthesize.

Ability to visualize.

Musical and spatial feeling.

Creative activity.

Course contents:

Curriculum:

1.Spatial orientation.

2.Motion as a means of expression.

3.Contact techniques.

4.Basics of improvization.

5.From and content of the movement whole.

Syllabus:

Division of space by movement, movement and sound, movement and word, movement and song, finding the means of expression for various characteristics and conditions of people, movement etudes involving relationships and situations, form of the body, its movement, contacts, holds, movement in pairs, trios and groups. Developing one's own ideas into movement etudes and their analysis.

Recommended or required reading:

J. Kröschlová: Jevištní pohyb

E. Barba, N. Savarese: Slovník divadelní antropologie

R. Cohan: A guide to the Fundamentals of Movement

L. Steinman: Elements of Contemporary performance and dance

Kyliánova nadace: Video recordings of performances by leading artists who combine acting wtih movement or dance

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded: 50% for project work linked to acting and stage lessons and 50% for independent preparations and skill in the functional linking of movement skills with other acting elements.

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Note:

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:

• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (compulsory subject)