The latvian academy of culture

TERM 6

11. A.Chekhov’s drama. The 20th century drama of Western Europe and the USA. The work at A. Chekhov’s drama demands an ability to create a complicated, many-sided inner life of the character. Dramatically charged inner processes are often hidden behind an apparently, as it were, inactive situation. Thus the future actors enrich their professional knowledge with an art to develop the life of the character in several levels. The theme of human loneliness and a desperate desire to find one’s place and the sense of one’s existence in this world is typical of in A. Chekhov’s drama. Later this theme is widely used in the drama of the 20th century.	81- 96	L50;S8;P126
TERM 7
The preparation of the Bachelor’s Work: performances of various genres. The main objective of the Bachelor’s Work is to give the students an opportunity to demonstrate their professional skills and abilities in works of various genres (drama, comedy, musicals). If during the studies the role was created within the framework of an excerpt, in the Bachelor’s Work the role is recreated within the framework a play. It is an essentially new, more work-consuming assignment. In order to carry it out it is especially important to determine and precisely impersonate the content and the main task of the play and consequently the significance of the main task and the role though out the play. The students demonstrate their professional readiness in their Bachelor’s Work applying the knowledge and skills acquired during their studies.	97- 112	L50;S8;P126

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Credit Points:

14. 
    A positive assessment of individual assignments during the term.
    
15. 
    75% attendance of lectures.
    

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25. 
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32. 
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CXXV.BA STUDY PROGRAMME Part B

Description of the Study Course

The Name of the Course: Stage Speech and Methodology

The Scope of the Course: 448 theoretical and practical classes (+12 hours of individual classes x 7 = 84 hours). The modification of the course (128 hours) is read to the students of TV Directors.

Type of Assessment: tests and examinations. 14 credit points.

I.The Author of the Course: Ass. Prof. A.Matīsa, lecturer R.Vītiņa

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: The suitability for the profession of an actor: physical abilities, voice material, an ear for music and a sense of rhythm.
The Content of the Course: The objective of the course is the acquisition of stage speech, the research of the possibilities of speech and the acquisition of its maximum application and the mastering of one’s skills of influential and expressive public communication. An introduction into the preconditions of the creation of a logically grounded, artistically expressive and emotionally effective performance of speech and the acquisition of the methodology of the implementation of a performance. The development of an understanding of the art of speech and oratory as an independent creative process of understanding the basic principles. The development of the technique of speech. The elimination of individual defects. The research of the interconnection of the verbal and kinetic expression of psychic processes and its purposeful application in the communication practice. The unification of speech with the expression of one’s body movements.
Thematic Planning:

THEMES	Week	Type of classes and hours