Ateneo - UPO

Theatre workshop in Spanish language

* B. Varon, América Latina y Europa : espacios compartidos en el teatro contemporáneo (Visor 2015)
* J. M. Valderas, Teatro y artes escénicas en el ámbito hispánico. Siglo XXI: Escenas en diálogo (Catedra 2023)
* J. Mayorga, Teatro: Himmelweg-Animali notturni-Hamelin-Il ragazzo dell'ultimo banco (CUE Press 2021)
* J. Mayorga, Teatro para minutos (La Una Rota 2020)

• To gain an understanding of the main features of theatre communication, both verbal and non-verbal, integrated with improvisation
• To learn grammatical structures and phonetics through a communicative and situational approach, with the aim to present a performance in public
• To learn to assess the communicative and expressive efficacy of one's own and the company's presentation
• To improve the ability to be in relation, to work collaboratively, showing responsibility and reliability, until the final performance, which represents the completion of the learning process.

A2 level of Spanish (minimum). No previous acting experience is required. Willingness to be challenged. Commitment to attendance, responsibility in team work.

Workshop; improvisation; final performance

Please get in touch with the instructor to join the group by the end of October.
Participation is compulsory.

Ongoing evaluation during the workhsop; final public performance; written report and self-assessment. The final assessment will be carried out with the help of an evaluation grid which takes into account not only the achieved result of the final performance, but also of the learning development and improvement during the whole workshop.

The workshop is divided into the following stages: 8 hours' introduction to theatre techniques (with Mario Sgotto); casting and exercises based on the playscript; rehearsal for final performance.

• Knowledge and comprehension: communicative competence and comprehension of the grammatical structures and expressions used in the playtext; comprehension of the basic elements of theatre communication; self-assessment and overall evaluation of the whole learning process.
• Practical application of knowledge and comprehension: improved fluency and correctness of pronunciation and intonation; improvement in the overall expressive skills, including non-verbal ones.