Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SST1152013234IMPROVISATION ICompulsory113
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach the improvisation techniques • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of improvisation • to develop the ability of the students to construct improvisational stories • to give students the opportunity to understand the nature of improvisation • to enable students develop themselves • to allow students become proficient in improvisational acting • to give the students basic information about improvisational acting • to provide the basic knowledge about the focus of improvisation • to introduce the students with acting without text
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Züleyha Çubuk
Learning Outcomes
1Doğaçlama tiyatro yöntemi ile ilgili temel bilgi ve becerilerine sahip olmak
2Doğaçlama teknikleriyle etkin biçimde hikâye kurgulayabilmek ve oynayabilmek
3Metinsiz oynanabileceğini göstermek
4Doğaçlama oyunculuğun bilgisine ve farkındalığına sahip olmak
5Bir birey olarak sorumluluk almak ve bir takım üyesi olarak doğaçlama mantığıyla hareket etmek
6To have the knowledge and skills of improvisation theatre tecniques
7Effectively be able to construct and act stories with improvisation tecniques
8Be able to explain self experiences
9Demonstrate the ability to act without text
10To have knowledge about and awareness of improvisational acting
11To receive responsibilities as an individual and a team member to move improvisational logic
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• The improvisation • Role playing • Constructing spontaneous narrative • Creativity • The figurization
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1To meet and ensure a group integrity exercises21
2Speed-rhythm-balance exercises21
3Speed-rhythm-balance exercises21
4To ensure physical and sensual awareness exercises21
5To ensure physical and sensual awareness exercises21
6To ensure environmental awareness exercises21
7To ensure environmental awareness exercises21
8Midterm Exam21
9Reflection exercises21
10Coordinative Body-place-emotion-action exercises21
11Individual and dual exercises21
12Individual and dual exercises21
13From Individual and dual exercises to presentation21
14From Individual and dual exercises to presentation21
15From Individual and dual exercises to presentation21
16Final Exam21
Recommended or Required Reading
Anthony Frost and Ralp Yarrow, New Directions In Theatre, Impravisation In Drama, London : Macmillian Edu., 1990. Viola Spolin, Theater Games For Rehearsal, Evanston,Illinois: Northwestern University Press., 1985. Johnstone, Keith. Impro , England: Clays Ltd., 1996. Gerhard Ebert, Doğaçlama: Oyunculuk Sanatında, Çev.: Turhan Yılmaz, İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2004. Ruth Zaporah, Doğaçlama Tiyatro Yöntemi (Action Teater), Çev.: Özge Tomruk, İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2012.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination100
Final Examination100
Attending Lectures15690
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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