Dialogical Acting and its Pedagogy 4
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202EDN4 | ZK | 2 | 2T | English | summer |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Michal ČUNDERLE, Eva SLAVÍKOVÁ, Václav TROJAN, Pavel ZAJÍČEK
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Dialogical Acting with the Inner Partner is a mind-body discipline whose creator is Prof. Ivan Vyskočil.
Largely this covers:
- path of self-discovery, self-knowledge, self-acceptance and self-fulfilment,
- creation of mind-body conditions for creative communications, „conductive“ empathy,
- experience, understanding and study of drama principles,
- experience, understanding and study of non-subjective acting,
- path to understanding, „embodiment“ and realizing defined challenges, queries, defined tasks, texts,
- examination methods, investigating, percepting, observing and finding.
Mode of study
Class of Individual rehearsals in a group.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Creativity, analysis and review skills.
Course contents
Study takes place in groups of six to twelve divided according to level of advancement. In integral part of action through dialogue is regular reflection - by the method of introspection the student learns to identify the most important problems arising from his/her individual condition. Reflections are further developed and evaluated.
Recommended or required reading
Čunderle, Michal and Komlosi, Alexander: Ivan Vyskočil: A Life Commitment to the Alternative, in Slavic and East European performance, Volume 31, No1. Spring 11, p. 63–73.
Čunderle, Michal, Komlosi, Alexander and Zich, Jan: Ivan Vyskočil – A portrait. Internal material of the department, 2010.
Hořínek, Zdeněk: The Non-theatre of Ivan Vyskočil, Czech + Slovak theatre, November 1997, No. 6, p. 5–11.
Vyskočil, Ivan and company: (Inter)acting with the inner partner. (Edited by Michal Čunderle and Alex Komlosi), translated by Alexander Komlosi. Praha: Brkola 2011.
The Landscape of a Life – film by Pavel Kolaja – a portrait of Professor Ivan Vyskočil, 2009.
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded primarily based on one's rehearsal in instruction hours of dialogue. Also a condition for successful completion of the course is two written reviews per semester. A familiarity with the recommended literature is also required.
Note
This course may be studied in Czech and English.
Schedule for winter semester 2020/2021:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2020/2021:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Authorial Acting in English (M.A.) (required main subject)