Biomechanic Exercises 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205BMC1 | Z | 1 | 12S | Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Bio-mechanic exercises and etudes lead towards organizational cohesion and completeness of student movment and physical self-confidence in a stage space. This leads to building positive habits in the sense of dividing movement actions and their expression.
Mode of study
Instruction, tutoring; screenings of biomechanic exercise instruction samples.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Fundamental acting practice.
Course contents
Curriculum
- Fundamental concepts and relationships.
- Exercises with batons: catching rotations in three-phase movement divisions - balance with various levels of difficulty - rotations in various movement schemes and their linking - improvisational composition possibilities.
- Movement etudes: solo etudes „walking on rocks“, pair etudes „face slapping.“
Syllabus
- Introduction to Fundamental concepts and relationships, related to the „biom-mechanics“ of Vsevolod Emilijevic Mejerchold, the possible contributions to basic acting study.
- Exercises with batons:developing organic cohesion and completeness in movment action and physical awareness of the student. Process: catching rotations in three-phase movement divisions - balance with various levels of difficulty - rotations in various movement schemes and their linking - improvisational composition possibilities.
- Movement etudes with precisely defined forms, expanding movement awareness and abilities in expressive division of actions: solo etudes „walking on rocks“, pair etudes „face slapping.“
Recommended or required reading
SCHERHAUFER, Petr. Čítanka z dejín divadelnej réžie: od futuristov po Ejzenštejna. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav, 1999. 368 s. ISBN 80-88987-02-4.
DVD of the Alexey |Levinsky´s workshop at Brno 1998
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on activity in exercises.
Requirements for successfull completion of the course: active participation and review.
Note
For 2nd or 3rd year students.
Further information
This course is an elective for all students of this school
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared