Ateneo - UPO

Theatre workshop in Spanish language

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• 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 group'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; rehearsals: final performance

Please get in touch with the instructor (Laura Grosso) to join the group by the end of October. Participation is compulsory but the schedules will be agreed with the instructor. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via reference office consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities. Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

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 will be passed if both parts are assessed as satisfactory.

The workshop is divided into the following stages: 8 hours' introduction to theatre techniques in November (with Mario Sgotto); casting and exercises based on the playscript (December and January); rehearsals for final performance (March-beginning of June). INTEGRATION OF THE GENDER DIMENSION The gender dimension will be integrated, along with others, into the choice of text to be performed and the distribution of roles, in order to highlight the socio-cultural construction of gender roles and expectations embodied in the construction of the characters.

• 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.
• Improved fluency and correctness of pronunciation and intonation; improvement in the overall expressive skills, including non-verbal ones.