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Teachers and teaching programme
The teaching programme adopted by the teachers of the academy of theatre based in Rome includes subjects like “theatre”, “actor” and “scenic movement” and is aimed at improving theoretical experiences and knowledge to help students achieve a common aim: to arouse their creativity and artistic knowledge. It aims at perceiving the actor’s art as an “experience”: at the end of the three-year course, methods and techniques won’t be the sum of different points of view but the result of a kind of an explorative journey. Differences help people meet with one single aim: to study the theatrical action with all its laws and peculiarities. The Acting Department operates (although employing different methods and obtaining different results) according to the principles stated by the Russian school of dramatic art, that is to say the principles which were enunciated by Stanislavskij and Michail Cechov, spread by Maria Knebel and developed by Anatolij Vasil’ev. The approach to the text draws the attention to the action, to the actor that acts. The actor heads and manages the role and not vice versa. This type of approach to the dramatic text, which revolves around improvisation, is able to arouse the actor’s creativity, which is attuned to the text. This process determines a sensation of lightness, cheerfulness, freedom and yet strictness and does not require the introduction of imitative solutions. Narration Theatre revolves around the same principles despite being included in a completely different context: on the one side it draws inspiration from the great experiences of the theatrical monologue, while on the other it elaborates the innovations coming from the rest of Europe, according to which the actor-author appears on the stage without interpreting a character but showing his own identity to tell stories without representing them. English Acting is a fundamental part of Eutheca’s training process for Italian actors looking for International work experiences. Apart from the traditional teaching programmes, which are linked to the LAMDA Examinations syllabuses (since Eutheca is a Private Centre), the English Acting Department offers special training experiences which revolve around the knowledge and closer examination of the use of proper techniques of the American Contemporary Theatre, the English Classical Theatre and the expressive techniques of the Living Theatre: non-fictional recitation, collective creation, ritual training, Meyerchol’d’s biomechanics, epic-political theatre by Piscator and Brecht, unanimous physical expressionism. The Voice Department is managed by skilled teachers from Rome’s school of theatre. It is linked with the traditional Italian training experiences, such as dramatic reading, verse recitation and diction, while the study of the vocal technique is carried out through the Linklater Method, which over the past forty years has revolutionized both art and vocal techniques. The Scenic Movement Department operates according to the principles stated by the Russian School of dramatic art, that is to say Scenic Movement, Training and Fencing, but also takes into account Lecoq’s techniques and the study of dramatic acrobatics, the techniques of clowns and comedians and the fundamental training experience provided by Commedia dell’Arte. According to the best Anglo-Saxon tradition, Singing and Musical Theatre are introduced during the second and third year, when they play a fundamental role to get aspiring actors used to singing and dancing. The Theoretical Department deals with the basic study of the History of Theatre and Cinema and also includes some rudiments of Theatrical Law and Casting Agency, the latter being the instrument which will lead students to the practical knowledge of the actor’s job. Courses include extracurricular work experiences and laboratories with internationally renowned artists , exchanges with Eutheca partner schools (Erasmus), and, from the second year, special job experiences with professional Cinema and Theatre Actors.
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