SOp196 Theatre Performance with a Non-professional Group

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Denisa Tchelidze (seminar tutor), MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is intended only for students of the Department of Social Pedagogy who started their studies in the years 2017/2018, 2018/2019. The goal of the subject is: Introduce students with the amateur theater scene and the process of creating a theater performance with a non-professional group.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes: To have an overview in amateur theater shows. Analyze and reflect on theater performances of non-professional groups. Adapt any text to a theatrical scenario. Create a theatrical production with a non-professional group.
Syllabus
  • Students will visit selected theater shows of the amateur theater and they will participate in analyzes of individual performances as a part of the shows. Furthermore, students themselves will go through the process of creating a theatrical performance, which will be divided into several phases. The first phase bears the name "Harmonization", and it consists of necessary exercises to tune the group so they can work together. The second phase is titled Theme and Story. At this stage, exercises and techniques aim to find a theme or a masterpiece that we process into a structured scenario. The third phase ''Aid to an amateur actor'' deals with all sorts of theatrical means that help the amateur actor to perform convincingly. The fourth phase, ''The Rehersal'', focuses on fixation of the theatrical formation. The fifth phase is ''The Perfomance'' and its reflection. The output of this subject is a performance for the public. The goal is for the students to verify their work on the stage. Students will visit selected theater shows of the amateur theater (3 times half day) and participate in the analyzes of individual perfomances as a part of the shows. The student will choose any text and adapt it for the stage. Minimum 5 pages. The output of the course is a performance for the public, which the students will realize 1-3 times.
Literature
  • HOŘÍNEK, Zdeněk. Úvod do praktické dramaturgie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, 2009, 122 s. ISBN 9788086928593. info
  • MARTINEC, Václav. Herecké techniky a zdroje herecké tvorby : příručka pro adepty a studenty herectví. Edited by Jan Dvořák. 1. vyd. Praha: Pražská scéna, 2003, 191 s. ISBN 8070681713. info
  • CÍSAŘ, Jan and František ŠTĚPÁNEK. Základy činoherní režie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Horizont, 1984, 136 s. info
Teaching methods
excercise, lecture, discussion, observation
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2020, recent)
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