1. Develop the awareness of “Centre” and attain the proper balance of a body in the context of stage movement
2. Acquire basic techniques in stage movement
3. Comprehend the basic theories of the pioneer dramatists in physical and movement theatre
4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of techniques in “Mime” (drama without speech)

Week 1: Space, Time and Energy

Week 2: The Body, Spirit and Mind

Week 3: Chakras and Body Physiology

Week 4: Body Exploration through Space and Gesture

Week 5: Theories in Movement

Week 6: Energy and Action Verbs

Week 7: Fragmentizing an action

Week 8: Time in stage

Week 9: Animal Essence – internal mind and external action

Week 10: Emotional Through-line

Week 11-12: Basic Mime Techniques

Week 13: Final Practicum Assessment

1. Chapter 1&2, Meyerhold on Theatre (revised edition), Braun, Edward, 1998, London: Methuenn Drama
2. Chapter 6 to 9, Avant Garde Theatre, Innes, Christopher, 1994, London: Routledge
3. Chapter 1 to 6, The Actor and His Body, Pisk, Litz, 1979, London: Harrap Limited
4. Body, Space, Expression: The Development of Rudolf Laban’s Movement and Dance Concepts, Maletic, Vera, 1987, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter
5. The Moving Body: Teaching Creative Theatre, Lecoq, Jacques., 2009, London: Methuen Drama

1. The Actor and His Body, Pisk, Litz, 1979, London: Harrap Limited
2. Meyerhold on Theatre (revised edition), Braun, Edward, 1998, London: Methuenn Drama.
3. Avant Garde Theatre, Innes, Christopher, 1994, London: Routledge
4. To the Actor on the Technique of Acting, Chekhov, Michael, 1991, New York: Harper Perennial
5. 關灜：《演員創作素質訓練》。北京：中國戲劇出版社，2005
6. 王淑琰，林通 ：《影視演員表演技巧入門》。北京：中國廣播電視出版社，1998