Pd1BP_DF Theatre forum

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Marie Pavlovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Marie Pavlovská, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ludmila Bauerová
Timetable
Wed 17:05–18:45 učebna 19
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This subject is outlined as a one-term-project concluded by a realization of Theatre Fórum in a chosen basic school. The Theatre Fórum occupies with problematic topics /e.g. bullying, smoking .../ and theri solutions. Students get to know various exercises, techniques and games, which are used in this typa of theatre. With the help of these techniques they work on their chosen problematic topic.They create a dramatic story with a bad ending. This story is performed in front of pupils whose task is to help with the principal protagonist. The Theatre Fórum leads the audience to consciousness of being able to influence what is happening around us, at least until certain point. At the end of the course, the students will be able to: Define the terms of the theatre of suppressed. Describe the goals of the theatre of suppressed. Compare the local and international attitudes to the theatre “forum”. Constitute a performance of the theatre “forum”. Plan a workshop of the theatre “forum”. Apply a performance and a workshop of the theatre “forum”.
Syllabus
  • 1.History of the Theatre Fórum 2.Various forms of TF 3.Use of TF in the Czech context 4.Audience, actors, joker 5.Games, exercises and techniques used in TF 6.Choice of a problematic topic 7.Creation of a story 8.Structure of the story through improvisation 9.Work on a script 10.Realization of TF at school 11.Feedback
Literature
  • BABBAGE, Frances. Augusto Boal. Edited by Augusto Boal. New York: Routledge, 2004, vi, 155. ISBN 0415273269. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Hamlet and the baker's son : my life in theatre and politics. Translated by Adrian Jackson - Candida Blaker. New York: Routledge, 2001, xv, 366. ISBN 0415229898. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Theater of the oppressed. Translated by Charles A. Leal McBride - Maria-Odilia Leal McBride - Emily Fryer. London: Pluto Press, 2000, xxi, 208. ISBN 0745316573. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Legislative theatre : using performance to make politics. Translated by Adrian Jackson. New York: Routledge, 1998, xiv, 254. ISBN 0415182417. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. The rainbow of desire : the Boal method of theatre and therapy. Translated by Adrian Jackson. London: Routledge, 1995, xxvi, 188. ISBN 9780415103497. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Games for actors and non-actors. Translated by Adrian Jackson. New York: Routledge, 1992, xxxi, 247. ISBN 0415061555. info
Assessment methods
Attendance 80%, activity in seminars, preparation of a drama performance, a written script, its realization, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Součástí bude praktická práce s dětmi na základní škole.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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