Lesson plan / CORPORAL EXPRESSION AND PHYSICAL THEATRE I

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 Faculty Elective
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? F
Course Coordinator Prof. MEHMET BİRKİYE
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

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.
Course Content This course contains studies on elements, colors, tools, masks, objects music 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
3Working on element (Colors, air, water, fire,soil)
4Individual studies on the "neutral mask"
5Group works on the "neutral mask"
6Works about mask and nature relation
7Juggling exercises
8Studies on animals
9Midterms
10Studies on animals
11Transition from animal to character
12A physical approach to create a character
13Studies on the object and the relation between object-body
14Studies on music and body

Resources

1-Lecoq, Jacques ( 1997) Le Corps Poétique, Paris Taieb Lydia. (2008). 200 Structures d’İmpro Clown. Paris: Broché.
2-Simon Murray and John Keefe ( 2007). Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction London and New York: Routledge
3-Wilshire Toby( 2007). The Mask Handbook, A practical guide, London: Routledge.
4-Taieb Lydia. (2008). 200 Structures d’İmpro Clown. Paris: Broché.