2018-19 Fall

Fundamental Techniques in Stage Movement

(HART 1027)



1 Credit | Can be used to fulfill Common Core Requirement (Core Elective: Arts Area)
Teaching Medium: English

Course Description

This course introduces students to the theories and physical practices of stage movement and the development of non-verbal communication skills. Through a multitude of exercises, students will learn to explore movement and their own body in a group context, and realize how movement is generated from emotion and reflects emotion. Students will also learn how to relate movement with space, use their imagination to explore movement, and the techniques to utilize the body for effective communication. The course also focuses on continuous training on flexibility, coordination and physical strength, so that the body is physically and mentally fit which help sustain performances.


  1. Demonstrate awareness and control of body movements for communication; and various techniques of physical movements for theatre performance.
  2. Understand how body movements work with imagination, space and time for theatre performances.
  3. Understand basic theories of the pioneer dramatists in physical and movement theatre
  4. Apply the techniques and theories to create and perform a short piece of physical theatre with movements in a small group.

STAGE ONE: Introduction of techniques and theories
Lesson 1-2: Impro and Theatre Games
Lesson 3-5: The Body and Theatre
Lesson 6-7: Corporeal Mime of Etienne Decroux and the Theatre of Jacque Lecoq
Lesson 8: Theatre for Transformation: Augusto Boal

STAGE TWO: Application of techniques and theories
Lesson 9-10: Images and Narratives
Lesson 11: Dress Rehearsal
Lesson 12: Presentation, Feedbacks, evaluation and reflection

  1. The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition, Bogart, Anne & Landau, Tina, 2005, New York: Theatre Communications Group
  2. Chapters 12-27, Looking at Dances: A Choreological Perspective on Choreography, Preston-Dunlop, Valerie, 1998, London: Verve
  3. Chapters 3 & 4, Etienne Decroux, Leabhart, Thomas, 2007, Oxon & New York: Routledge
  4. The Moving Body: Teaching Creative Theatre, Lecoq, Jacques., 2009, London: Methuen Drama
  5. Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Boal, Augusto, 1992, London: Routledge

1.     Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre, Johnstone, Keith, 1981, London: Methuen Drama

 

2.    I A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer (2nd Ed.), Barba, Eugenio & Savarese, nicola, 2006, Oxon & New York, Routledge

 

3.     Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction, Murray, Simon & Keefe, John, 2016, Oxon & New York: Routledge

4.     The Physical Actor: Exercises for Action and Awareness, Loui, Annie, 2009, Oxon & New York: Routledge

5.     Movement for Actors, Potter, Nicole, 2002, U.S., Allworth Press

6.     Theatre of Movement and Gesture, Lecoq, Jacques., 2006, London, Routledge

Enrolment Details

Course Registration : 23-24 Aug 2018
Add/Drop : 03-15 Sep 2018


Instructor

Acty TANG


Assessment

Class Participation and attendance 15%
Weekly Class-based Exercises 20%
Critical Commentary 30%
Short Movement Performance 35%

Class Schedule

Tuesday | 14:30-16:20
No Class | 25 Sept
CYT-G009 A & B


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