SO171 Acting Skills

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MgA. Denisa Tchelidze (lecturer), MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. et Ing. Jana Šajkovicsová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
SO_DV Drama education projects && SOUHLAS
The teaching takes place in the form of a 2-day workshop.
Full-time and part-time study students complete the workshop together.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 17 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/17, only registered: 0/17
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.
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.
Learning outcomes
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.
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
    recommended 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
The course is completed with credit. Teaching takes place in blocks. Students are required to meet 100% attendance and actively participate during the course of the seminar.
Náhradní absolvování
In case of a study abroad stay, it is possible to take the course in an alternative form. The student will study the literature recommended in the course syllabus. The student will visit one production of his/her choice, write a reflection on the production with a focus on acting. The student will watch a recording of a production performed by children and write a reflection and comparison of the acting work of professionals and children. Stage any monologue, create a stage action and make a video recording. Write a reflection on their own acting work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/jaro2025/SO171/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 2 dny.
General note: Předmět je součástí profilace Dramatická výchova.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 dny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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