Diplomové práce / Master's theses

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Procházet Diplomové práce / Master's theses podle oponent "LOTKER, Howard Scott"

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  • Egoic bodymind versus compassionate bodymind
    Hanafialamdari, Hesameddin
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Divadelní fakulta, 2019)
    Datum obhajoby: 2019-09-30
    Abstract The original version of this thesis has been written the same way a painter paints a painting; with care about both content and form, form being the composition of pages. However, the author was threatened by the Academic institution, that his Master's Degree will not be given to him if he refuses to obey the obligations they demand. The institution has censored this writing by forcing uni-formatting on the composition. Uniformatting is a soul-sucking machine all dictators of history have used, and are using. This is not my painting anymore, and I want to cry. So I give the reader two options: Keep reading this institutional thesis, or, stop reading it at the end of this very paragraph, and email the author at h esam.hanafi@gmail.com, for his painting. Academic Institutions and Educational Systems that are based on reward and punishment, that use grading systems, and are heavily addicted to capitalistic contracts, damage humankind. A bombing airplane kills honestly, and instantly. Academic institutions don't kill instantly, they infect generations of human beings whose brains are drugged by academic aristocracy, and thus, they live long lives of no integrity, being good obedient slaves to the impositions of society, education, religions and family. The content of the original writing relates directly to the current censorship the writing is going through. Having an abstract was not in the original composition, and the author is trying to use it to go against what human societies are at the moment: Machines of burrying truth. The good news is, The Earth will vomit back what we have been burying for thousands of years, soon enough, if our species does not come to a radical change. The whole of truth is, responding with reward and punishment to reward and punishment does not stop the violent chain. The content of the writing examines the possibility of that radical change in human kind, and looks at how reward and punishment give birth to the ego, how the ego sustains war within and without, and how you and I are nothing but violent competitive self-centred creatures that hide under all kinds of social masks all day, waiting for an opportunity to consume the other as food for the ego.
  • Hunger
    DeVoe, Kierstan Noelle
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Divadelní fakulta, 2021)
    Datum obhajoby: 2021-03-31
    In this master’s thesis, I recount and reflect on the process of inspiration, growth, and creation of my final authorial presentation, Hunger. Despite my early interest in pursuing medicine, my experiences at the Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy (KATaP) at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague’s Theatre Faculty (DAMU) proved instrumental on my current journey to becoming an actor, as well as in the realization of Hunger. Along with my outside work with a psychotherapist, my coursework in KATaP significantly contributed to my personal growth as an actor and as a person. The first part of this thesis examines the origin of the text Hunger is based off of, a semi-autographical wolf story originally presented for an Authorial Reading (AR) class. I reflect on my use of animals as protagonists, my use of the analogy of love as flesh, and the implications of using such a personal text as the subject material for a public performance. I then contemplate the relationship of “art” and “therapy” in terms of my experiences in my courses at KATaP, including Authorial Acting (AA), Dialogical Acting (DJ), and movement classes, as well as my work with therapy. I describe my struggle with PTSD and clinical depression, presenting psychological context for my struggle connecting my mind and body and the importance of doing so, both in the classroom and out. I discuss how a therapy session and DJ combined to allow me to discover the main character of my final authorial presentation, WW, the wise woman, the white wolf. The second part addresses my procrastination as a constant source of struggle, provides possible context for it, and my attempts to resolve it. I go on to describe my first performance attempt of Hunger and how it resembled a Speech presentation more than a storytelling performance. I outline my experience and growth in Speech class and compare it to traditional Native American storytelling, reflecting on the differences between the two and what I took from each to use in Hunger. I continue to describe the inspiration and realization of WW, the main character in Hunger. Reflecting on my most recent AP attempt at Open Sunday, I uncover the parts that worked and those that didn’t, list the changes I’ve made since then, and discuss the hopes I have for Hunger in the future. I conclude this master’s thesis, purposefully written to be more like a story than an academic paper, by recounting my journey with the psychosomatic disciplines of KATaP, therapy, and my creation of Hunger, and by describing how deeply it has affected me in my life as an actor and as a person. I hope this master’s thesis could prove useful for anyone struggling to tell their story, coping with their mental health, or simply curious about this particular authorial process.
  • Play by My Rules
    Telang, Meghana
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Divadelní fakulta, 2021)
    Datum obhajoby: 2021-01-27
    In the summer of 2019, I premiered an authorial presentation entitled ‘Plan B/C/D/E’, an hour-long interactive show about the imminent drowning of my home in Mumbai, brought on by the climate crisis. This auto-ethnographical thesis is a reflection on the creation and presentation of that piece. In particular, the aim of the thesis is to focus on the relationship between the audience and myself, the performer. I investigate the strategies I used to provoke and/or invite audience interaction, as also the strategies required for me to control the same. Though there is a pretence of openness and equality, through my reflections I realise that the performance and the interaction are both rather limited for the audience. The audience’s input is integral to the continuation and success of the show, yet the audience is treated more as material for the Text, rather than equal collaborators in this endeavour. In particular, I use the lens of performance-as-game or play, to understand the processes by which the audience is invited and restricted in their participation.
  • Theatre for growing - growing Theatre
    Siersch, Clara
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Divadelní fakulta, 2018)
    Datum obhajoby: 2018-06-27
    I reflect on the significance of neutrality by examining the work with the neutral mask as a tool to silence facial expression and thus stimulate the physical awareness of an inner neutral center. Awareness of the body and physical receptivity both develop basic benefits for the creative development in the actor's training and also in Gestalt therapeutic practice. The focus on an assumed neutrality, which stands for a central point of reference, allows the exploration of unknown parts of personality and character, which can be used in the development of new acting roles as well as in methods of resolution of personal conflicts. Own experiences with mask performances and masks in therapeutic use get juxtaposed with some theoretic background of mask work and philosophic ideas about neutrality. Assuming that in the no-thingness everything is included.