Master's in Directing of Devised and Object Theater
Prague 1, Czech Republic
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 8,470 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* all the deadlines are running in the Central European Time. Deadlines include the last given day, until 23:59:59. Online auditions will take place on April 24 and 25 2022
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Introduction
Directing of Devised and Object theatre aims to provide students with the space to explore new ways of creating and doing contemporary performance. The program focuses on research and development of materials, creating specific performance structures, and proposes new ways for the audience to perceive/experience the performance. Focus on objects and other material aspects of performance tend to ground the students in researching the existing material and view it not only as something to be used in the performance but something to be explored.
Students will have the opportunity to encounter a large variety of approaches to contemporary performance (teachers and artist workshops) to understand the different methods of contemporary performance. Furthermore, students will be guided over the 4 semesters to develop their own performative language, strategies, and poetics – that together form one unified research. Students will be tutored in such a way to be able to formulate their own interests, strengths, and weaknesses resulting in performative research and performances. Students are further invited to use theory as a strong inspirational and supportive element of their research and to intertwine practice and theory. Further students will be taught to perform, make space, use material as well as basic strategies of production to perform a multiplicity of functions and thus survive the circumstances of the independent theatre.
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Ideal Students
The program is designed for applicants who have completed a bachelor's degree of any type. Due to the ever-expanding field of performative arts and their application in society as a whole, the area of the first level of education of applicants for the study is not limited in any way and previous experience with the performing arts is not required.
This is a full-time program taught in English. Students must demonstrate an appropriate level of spoken and written English for creative university study, interest in studying, the ability of self-presentation and the ability to the presentation of own artistic vision.
Admissions
Applications for study Directing of Devised and Object Theatre in 2022/2023 are due until March 25, 2022
Online auditions will take place on April 25 or 26, 2022
Curriculum
The degree is in directing, where directing is understood as an expanded practice, with the potential to work within the fields of design, writing, and performing, to prepare students for work in theatre forms without strict divisions of roles within the creative team. Students will be guided toward becoming independent creators making their own artistic work. Devising includes both creating and performing as conceptual and performed aspects of devised work are often intertwined.
For their own projects, students are partnered with prominent practicing artists working in the fields of media, site-specific, community theatre, movement theatre, documentary theatre, puppet theatre, visual theatre, scenographic installation etc. for tutoring.
The main focus of the study is to develop the student’s own language, style and aesthetics, and to explore their own voice.
Students will further have the possibility to create direct connections to and do internships with international artists and in international environments and institutions as well as connections to Czech artists and companies.
Skills Attained
- Directing theatre performances without a ´script´
- Devising performance from a variety of material
- Devising using one’s own material (not only interpreting already existing material)
- Research and development of material
- Creation of a variety of dramaturgical structures and research of material
- Ability to engage in open and productive dialogues with the collaborators, producers and audiences.
- Performing, and working with performers
- Directing is understood as complex performance making including designing, performing, writing
- Graduates will have the skills and experience to function as collaborators and dramaturgs for other artists and groups
- Demonstrate the capability of analytical reflection, a sense of image and composition, communication ability, and independent thinking.