Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course the student will:
• have assessed his/her initial abilities of being responsible with and trusting the others and to recognise his/her progress regarding the development of the aforementioned abilities
• have a foundation level knowledge of the theatre pedagogical means, techniques, exercises and games that are necessary for achieving the minimum in theatrical expression and communication
• be in a position of underlying the basic benefits of being actively involved with theatrical exercises in both personal and social level of expression and communication
• Have experimented and collaborated with his/her colleagues in order to create instantaneous theatrical scenes aiming to improve their expression and communication abilities
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course is delivered in a laboratory/experiential manner. Theatre education that aims particularly in the evolvement of expression and communication, is achieved through improvisations, theatre games and experiential exercises that are executed both individually and in groups. The goal of the subject matter is to encourage the students to participate in an absolute manner (i.e. mentally, physically, emotionally) in the activities included in it. It also aims in personal development through theatrical activities, in the development of group cohesiveness and trust in it, in cooperation, in physical self-awareness, sensibility and perception, in the cultivation of spontaneity, empathy and reciprocal acceptance, and finally in overcoming obstacles stemming from cultural and social class differences. Each lesson of the course has an experiential nature.
The course is divided in the following units:
1. Full multimodal participation (mental, physical, emotional)
2. Group coherence and trust
3. Cooperation
4. Physical self-awareness, sensibility, and perception
5. Release of physical and emotional expression
6. Spontaneity
7. Empathy and reciprocal acceptance
8. Discussion regarding the effects of the activities on the participants
Keywords
Participation, selfconfide, group cohesion and trust, teamwork, non-verbal elements, expression, empathy, communication
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Μπακιρτζής, Κωνσταντίνος, Η δυναμική της αλληλεπίδρασης στην επικοινωνία, Γ. Δαρδανός-Κ. Δαρδανός Ο.Ε.
(Gutenberg), Αθήνα 2003, κωδικός στον Εύδοξο 31485
2. Rodari, Gianni, Γραμματική της φαντασίας, μετ. Γιώργος Κασαπίδης, Μεταίχμιο, Αθήνα 2003, κωδικός στον Εύδοξο
24026
Additional bibliography for study
Jacques, David, Μάθηση σε ομάδες: Εγχειρίδιο για όσους συντονίζουν ομάδες ενήλικων εκπαιδευομένων, μετ. Νίκη
Φίλλιπς, Μεταίχμιο, Αθήνα 2004
Λεκόκ, Ζακ, Το ποιητικό σώμα, μια διδασκαλία της θεατρικής πράξης, μετ. Έλενα Βόγλη Κοάν Αθήνα 2005
Bateson, Birdwistell, Goffman, Jackson, Hall, Scheflen, Sigman, Watzlawick, επικοινωνία, επιμ. Yves Winkin,
Μάγια, Αθήνα 2000
Feldenkrais, Moshe, Ο ικανός εαυτός. Η απελευθέρωση της δυναμικής του σώματος και του νου: Ένας οδηγός για τον
αυθορμητισμό, μτφ. Δημήτρης Γιαννόπουλος, Θυμάρι, Αθήνα 1996
Boal, Augusto, Games for actors and non-actors, Routledge, Λονδίνο 1992.
Bateson, Gregory, «A Theory of Play and Fantasy», Steps to an Ecology of Mind, Jason Aronson Inc., Northvale, New
Jersey και Λονδίνο 1972
Goffman, Erving, The presentation of self in Everyday Life, Doubleday, Νέα Υόρκη 1959