Directing 4

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Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Jiří ADÁMEK, Marek BEČKA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Senior MA program - teacher as chosen by the student

1. Basics of theatre direction.

2. Directing from the perspective of genre variety.

3. The general alphabet of a director; alphabet of a director in the sense of an authorial position and statement.

4. Working with the production team and ultimate theatrical synthesis. General idea.

5. Working with the actor.

Mode of study:

Classes, consultations, exams, reviews.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Creativity and reflection, ability to analyse and synthesise, ability to communicate.

Course contents:

Curriculum:

1. Basic pre-requisites for directorial work.

2. The director in theatre; musical, artistic and physical theatre, focusing on alternative and puppet theatre.

3. Textual analysis. Personal vision of the world and a personal statement on the world.

4. Theme and story.

5. Integrational mode of thinking.

6. Time and rhythm.

7. Detail and the whole.

8. Editing and montage.

9. Working with the actor. Situation. The character and actor's personality.

10. Improvisational method.

11. Specific production practice.

Syllabus:

Direction in synthetic and authorial theatre.

Contemporary direction has access to all possibilities of expression; it is open and seeks unity in quantity. It develops a principle of theatre with its own eyes and speaks to the present in a dialectic. We see everything from our own creative method governed by improvisation.

Recommended or required reading:

1. Peter Brook - Empty Space

2. Peter Brook - Pohyblivý bod

3. Zdeněk Hořínek - Divadlo jako hra

4. Jaroslav Vostrý - Directing is an Art

5. Vsevolod Mejerchold - Reconstructing the Theatre

6. Josef Kovalčuk - Authorial Theatre

Assessment methods and criteria:

On-going consultations, supervision in rehearsals, review. Grading reflects the creativity results as well as their review and clarity of students future profile.

Course web page:

Note:

The course of study is determined by the person selected to be the master's study supervisor.

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

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

	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	room () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Tue	room () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Wed	room () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Thu	room () 10:00–14:00 (paralelka 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Mon	10:00–14:00				paralelka 1
	Tue	10:00–14:00				paralelka 1
	Wed	10:00–14:00				paralelka 1
	Thu	10:00–14:00				paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Directing for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (main subject)
• Directing for Devised and Object Theatre in English (M.A.) (main subject)