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
Week 1: Awareness of Body, Space, Energy and Time
Week 2: The Magical Power of the Body: Imitation and Expression
Week 3: Corporeal Mime of Etienne Decroux (1): Grammar of the Body
Week 4: Corporeal Mime of Etienne Decroux (2): Dramaturgy of the Body
Week 5: Psychological Gestures and Michael Chekhov’s Theories
Week 6: Physical Theatre of Jacque Lecoq (1): The Logic of Space, the Power of Silence
and the Principles of Construction
Week 7: Physical Theatre of Jacque Lecoq (2): The Poetic Body (Mimo-dynamics)
Week 8: Pantomime of Marcel Marceau: Storytelling in Silence

STAGE TWO: Application of techniques and theories
Week 9: Establishing movement ensemble
Week 10: Creating movement vocabulary
Week 11: Structuring the movement sequence (plus Final rehearsal)
Week 12: Presentation, Feedbacks, evaluation and reflection

1. Chapter 1 to 6, The Actor and His Body, Pisk, Litz, 1979, London: Harrap Limited
2. Apostle's of Silence, Felner, Mira, 1985, U.S.. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
3. Words on Mime, Decroux, Etienne, 1977, U.S., Pomona College Theatre Department
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. Movement for Actors, Potter, Nicole, 2002, U.S., Allworth Press
3. Avant Garde Theatre, Innes, Christopher, 1994, London: Routledge
4. Theatre of Movement and Gesture, Lecoq, Jacques., 2006, London, Routledg