Lesson plan / CORPORAL EXPRESSION AND PHYSICAL THEATRE II

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
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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.
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

1Exercises about the correlation between mouvement and words
2Exercises about the correlation between the poesy and mouvement, and memory and mouvement.
3Entrance of mime
4Corporal mime exercises
5Collective mime performances
6Larval masks and comedy acting
7Grotesque body exercises via larval masks
8İmprovisations by larval masks
9Mid terms
10Stage combat exercises ( Slaps, punches)
11Stage combat between two persons
12Clown exercises without words
13Clown improvisation exercises
14Solo clown performances of each student

Resources

1-Lecoq, Jacques ( 1997) Le Corps Poétique, Paris: Actes Sud Papier.
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.