Content (bachelor’s course)
Movement theatre
Acting without words
Mime/bodily expression
Making masks/acting with masks
Traditional pantomime techniques
Theatrical improvisation
Group and individual exercises
Movement-sound-voice-action
Introspection
Expression-development-relationship-form
Creation of theatrical figures and short pieces
Developing a personal style of expression
Acrobatics
Static and dynamic acrobatics
Exercises to develop suppleness
Acrobatics with a partner
Variety act acrobatics
As far as possible, disciplines chosen by the students themselves are included in the curriculum.
Dance
Perception of the body
Expression through movement, complexity and quality of movement, The teaching is based on “Modern Dance” (Humphrey/Limòn technique) and expressive dance.
Basic elements of other forms of dance: popular dance, ballroom, step. Links between dance and the theatre.
Rhythm
Study of the basics of classical rhythms
Interpretation and expression of rhythm using movement, voice and space
Creation of situations using rhythm
Group exercises
Voice
Breathing techniques and voice exercises (listening and introspection, relaxation and tension)
Voice exercises in relation to communication and verbal, sung and movement-based expression
Pronunciation and phonetics
Basic elements of interpretation
Juggling
Staging
Make-up
Basic make-up techniques
Naturalistic, realistic, character, stylistic
Developing a personal style of make-up
Other practical disciplines
Commedia dell'Arte, clowning, slapstick, story-telling, performance, chorus, etc.
Theory
Basic concepts of dramatic theory, history of the theatre and dance, dramaturgy (theory and practice of dramatic composition), origins and development of the non-verbal theatre and burlesque
Management
Living and working in the theatre and in an independent theatrical environment, self-management as an artist, forming a troupe, securing funding, copyright, contract law, etc.