Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will have:
- cultivated a relationship with time (speed, duration, rhythm), space (shape, spatial relationship, architecture), gravity and energy as well as developed the ability to make conscious choices in relation to the above.
- Improved their physical condition (elasticity, endurance, strength)
- expanded imagination, confidence and stage presence as well as the ability to function as an ensemble
Course Content (Syllabus)
In Dance-Movement II students use techniques of physical theatre to expand upon and improve their relationship with space and time as well as with gravity, energy, tension, release and balance. Relationships based on trust and honest communication are achieved through acrobatic exercises, contact improvisation and actions based on rhythm and group communication. Students are encouraged to overcome any fear or hang-up that might impede the free flow of movement and to discover the possibilities of personal expression. Student work individually and in groups and pairs. Furthermore, students realize the importance of breath in communication as they cultivate the relationship of breath to movement and action. Students will have the opportunity to incorporate elements from other disciplines into their final choreographies – actions which are presented at the end of the semester.
Additional bibliography for study
1.Τόμας Ρίτσαρντς, «Η δουλειά μου με τον Γροτόφσκι πάνω στις Σωματικές Δράσεις», Δωδώνη, 1998
2.Αντονέν Αρτώ «Το θέατρο και το είδωλο του» Δωδώνη
3. Alison Hodge «Twentieth Century Actor Training», Routledge ,1999
4. Nicole Potter, «Movement for Actors » , Allworth Press, 2002
5. Paul Allain, « Gardzienice Polish Theater in Transition» Harwood akademic publishers
6. Thomas Kaltenbrunner, «Contact Improvisation», Meyer and Meyer Publishing
7.Μπάρμπα E. & Σαβαρέζε, Ν. (2008). Η Μυστική Τέχνη του ηθοποιού. Αθήνα: Κοάν