SO521 Acting Skills

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SO521/01: Thu 13. 5. 9:00–18:50 učebna 19, Fri 14. 5. 9:00–18:50 kancelář vyučujícího, L. Polánková, D. Tchelidze
SO521/02: Thu 20. 5. 8:00–17:50 učebna 19, Fri 21. 5. 9:00–18:50 učebna 19, L. Polánková, D. Tchelidze
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: 1/25, 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
Annotation:
The course introduces students to bases of actor actvities. The main stress is laid on searching of actors phraseologyy through movement, spoken word and improvization.
At the end of the course, the students will be able to: Use the actor skills.
Enter the play (fictional) situations. Act in the play (fictional) situations. Experiment and search for unusual in the play situations. Get involved into the play situations. Accept and follow the rules of the role in the play situations. Head the play situations to the goal. Act in a spontaneous and creative manner. Reflect yourself and all the others in the play situations.
Learning outcomes
1) Priciples of actors work with voice, movement and emotions
2) Understanding to principles of theatre improvisation
3) Ability to ceate and develop dramatic situations
4) Ability to create and develop character/role.
Syllabus
  • Actor and space.
  • Actor and phraseology of his body.
  • Actor's improvization.
  • Group improvisation.
  • Actor as a partner.
  • Gasping and fixing character/role
  • Role play
Literature
  • JOHNSTONE, Keith. IMPRO : improvizace a divadlo. Edited by Julek Neumann. 1. vydání. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění v Praze (Nakladatelství AMU), 2014, 294 stran. ISBN 9788073312664. info
  • KRÖSCHLOVÁ, Eva. Jevištní pohyb : herecká pohybová výchova. 4. dopl. vyd. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2003, 242 s. ISBN 8085883325. info
  • MACHKOVÁ, Eva. Metodika dramatické výchovy : zásobník dramatických her a improvizací. 9. vyd. Praha: Informační a poradenské středisko pro místní kulturu, útvar ARTAMA, 2002, 153 s. ISBN 8070681667. info
  • JOHNSTONE, Keith. Impro for Storytellers. 1999. ISBN 0-571-19099-5. info
  • SPOLIN, Viola. Improvisation for the Theater Third Edition. Northwestern University Press, 1999. info
  • Stanislavského metoda herecké práce. Edited by Radovan Lukavský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978, 155 s. URL info
  • STANISLAVSKIJ, Konstantin Sergejevič. Můj život v umění. Translated by František Píšek. Autoris. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1946, 429 s. URL info
Teaching methods
practicum, role-play method, dramatization, training
Assessment methods
Attendance, active participation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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