Acting Practices II

Program Type:

Thesis

Course Code:

THTR 572

Semester:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

P:

2

Lab:

2

Credits:

3

ECTS:

8

Course Language:

English

Courses given by:

Metin Balay

Course Objectives:

Learning and understanding the intellectual and theoratical basis of contemporary acting theories and utilize this basis in acting practice.

Course Content:

In this course acting analysis and acting practices are done on the basis of contemporary theater, acting and dramaturgy theories. In this context, acting theory and practice and the intellectual basis of the works of theater people like Vsevolod Meyerhold, Konstantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Augusto Boal, Jerzy Grotowski, Sanford Meisner are applied on various play texts.

Students learn by homeworks and presentations that they do in class about contemporary theater, acting and dramaturgy theories. All these are tested in a written exam in mid-term. After the mid-term exam students try to apply what they have learned before the mid-term exam on stage. In the final exam a written and a practical exam is given to measure student’s theoratical and practical knowledge.

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Practising what is comprehended in the text.

Gaining flexibility in style of acting.

“Existance” on stage.

Gaining the ability of adapting oneself to complex relations and situations.

Gaining the ability of applying the intellectual basis to acting practice.

Gaining the ability of directing analitical and critical point of view of the actor/actress to his/her acting.

Gaining the concept and practice of a theater production that unites interaction between all of the components of theater.

Comprehension of the relation between intellectual basis, analitical and critical point of view and “creativity”.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Lecture, Discussion, Practice, Student Projects

Homework-Presentation, Written Exam, Practice

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction, presentation of the course, theoratical framework
2	Konstantin Stanislavski’s Acting Theory/Presentation	Homework
3	Vsevolod Meyerhold’s Acting Theory/Presentation	Homework
4	Michael Chekhov’s Acting Theory/Presentation	Homework
5	Jerzy Grotowski’s Acting Theory/Presentation	Homework
6	Augusto Boal’s Acting Theory/Presentation	Homework
7	Sanford Meisner’s Acting Theory/Presentation	Homework
8	MID-TERM EXAM
9	Scene Practice 1	Scene Preparation
10	Scene Practice 2	Scene Preparation
11	Scene Practice 3	Scene Preparation
12	Scene Practice 4	Scene Preparation
13	Scene Practice 5	Scene Preparation
14	Scene Practice 6	Scene Preparation

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

Additional Resources

K. Stanislavski, “Bir Aktör Hazırlanıyor”, Çev. Tansu Akgün, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013

M. Chekhov, “Oyuncuya”, Çev. Burcu Halacoğlu, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul, 2015

Augusto Boal, “Arzu Gökkuşağı”, Çev. Sinem Yılancı-Ece Aydın-Fırat Güllü, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012

Augusto Boal, “Ezilenlerin Tiyatrosu”, Çev. Necdet Hasgül, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2014

Augusto Boal, “Oyuncular ve Oyuncu Olmayanlar İçin Oyunlar”, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2014

J. Grotowski-P. Brook- E. Barba, “Yoksul Tiyatroya Doğru”, Çev. Osman Akınhay, Agora Kitaplığı, 2016

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms		20%
Practice		30%
Assignment- Homework		20%
Total		70%
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		30%
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		70%
Total		100%

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	The ability of interacting of the human kind with social, economic, political and especially the cultural heritage					*
2	The ability of recognizing historical heritage and experience in the field of drama and acting,and approaching, interpreting and using critically this heritage and experience					*
3	The ability of creating creative idea, project,show, performance etc.in the field of drama and acting.					*
4	The ability of examining social relationships and the norms that are leading the serelationships with a critical approach and improving such suggestions as human and society-centered, cultural sensitive project, show, performance etc.					*
5	The ability of defining the process of artistic creation in the field of drama and acting, describing this process orally or written in detail				*
6	The ability of using absorbed knowledge and skills in the period of implementation in interdisciplinary works			*
7	The ability of interpreting the material handled by relating between the acquired knowledge and experiences				*
8	The ability of having absolute sovereignty of his instruments as the voice and body in the field of acting			*
9	The ability of seeing, defining the relationship between his way of thinking, spiritual World and society’s way of thinking and perception, and imroving the expression of his intrument by making use of these			*
10	The ability of transferring the designs /projects by using principles and developments of the contemporary acting and drama in the field of drama and acting to the performance of acting.					*

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	14	4	56
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	10	140
Mid-term exam	1	4	4
Homework-Presentation	1	4	4
Final Exam	1	4	4
Total Work Load			208
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			8,32
ECTS			8

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