2025

Physical Theatre

Name: Physical Theatre
Code: ARC12568L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Teatro

Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Understanding the field of action of physical theatre in its articulation with contemporary theater
Know the main references and approaches
Experiment with the various processes of body communication
Discover and identify own body languages

Contents

Contributions from Meyerhold, Laban, Copeau and Lecoq
Physical actions - Grotowsky
Mime, Pantomime, Clown and Circus Arts
Improvisation
Awareness of internal movements
gestures and codes

Teaching Methods

The methodologies used are essentially analytical and practical experimentation.
Individual and group reflection on the experience and its contextualization will be present.
Elaboration of small individual creations.

It will be privileged the evaluation is continuous with the following criteria:
- participation and critical sense - 25%;
- Critical reflection - 25%
- 2 practical exercises of creation (ind./duo) - 50%

Teaching Staff

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