Lesson plan / PHYSICAL THEATRE

Lesson Information

Course Credit 2.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Programme Elective
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? S
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course To introduce the students with the tools of physical theatre which is a theatre approach that focuses on body and movement; and to suggest them a staging method through these tools.
Course Content This course contains studies on elements, colors, tools, masks, objects and animals to create a more real and vivid theatre; starting from the principle of "everything moves".

Weekly Course Subjects

1The way of body movement and the analysis of the movement
2Physical awareness, the relation between the body, perception and space
3Working on element (Colors)
4Individual studies on the "neutral mask"
5Group works on the "neutral mask"
6Introduction to stage combat techniques
7Stage combat techniques (slapping, punching, hair pulling, kicking)
8Physical battle (Fight)
9Midterms
10Studies on "animals"
11Studies on "animals"
12Transition from animal to character
13Studies on the object and the relation between object-body
14Studies on music and body

Resources

1-1-Le Corps Poétique, Jacques Lecoq Actes Sud Papier ( Paris, 1997)
Simon Murray and John Keefe, Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction (London and New York: Routledge, 2007).