Programme

Performing Arts - Actors Training

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

Bachelor | Semestral | 6

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)

150 | 120

Code

ULP1977-15448

Recommended complementary curricular units

n/a

Mode of study

Face-to-face

Precedences

Não

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

Creation of a theatrical performance for public presentation with its stages of development: pre-production, production and presentation; including the necessary training, according to the following agenda:
BODY AWARENESS: perceptive knowledge of the body, nuclei of body expressiveness;
SELF CONFIDENCE / DESINHIBITION: elimination/control of the negative determinants (fear, shyness, fear of displeasing or need for approval);
BODY EXPRESSION IN MOTION: space (extension/level/directions), time (durations/rhythms), energy, weight and balance, relationship (intrapersonal/interpersonal/with space/with objects);
VOICE AND ELOCUTION: breathing and vocal apparatus, breath awareness: zones and rhythms, relaxation (development and technique), voice: emission/placement, elocution;
DRAMATIC EXERCISE: observation and memory, the gestural body, creativity;
GROUP WORK: consciousness, analysis and synthesis of the working group;
DRAMATIC GAME: improvisation/interacting/dramatization

Objectives

Develop the capacity for expression and communication, promoting the exploitation of the resources of verbal and non-verbal languages;
Discover, systematize and take ownership of the different elements of the dramatic language and simultaneously develop the consciousness/perception of its artistic form;
Develop autonomy and the capacity for initiative and cooperation through direct involvement in creative processes;
Create an individual workframe with quality and openness;
Develop scenic self-confidence (physical/emotional) that makes you a centered, multi-faceted and creative interpreter.

Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

Identify the concepts and languages of theatrical show.
Develop awareness of your physical/emotional identity;
Develop searching techniques for emotional tools;
Develop a solid relationship with the dramatic material in its various artistic languages;
Ability to integrate a cohesive workteam as a communicative structure appropriate to the theatrical performance.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Practical experience of the creation of a theatrical performance in all stages of the actor's process, including the necessary training.
Continuous assessment: Practical work 50%
Final evaluation: Presentation 50%

References

Michael Théckov, To the Actor ¿ on the technique of acting
Robert H. Hethmon, El método del Actors Studio ¿ Conversaciones con Lee Strasberg
Declan Donnellan, The Actor and the target
David Mamet, True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn etc, A Pratical Handbook for the Actor
Keith Johnstone, Impro ¿ Improvisation and the Theatre
Marie-France Castadère (1988), A Voz e os seus Sortilégios, Lisboa, Ed. Caminho
Cecily Barry, Voice and the actor
Konstantin Stanislavski, A Construção da Personagem
Chuck Jones, Make your voice heard
Kristin Linklater, Freeing the natural voice
Bertil Malmberg, A Fonética: no mundo dos sons da linguagem
Lindley Cintra e Celso Cunha, Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo