Autor: Petra Riou
How Shakespeare is born: work in progress
The non-acting students of the Theatre Faculty JAMU created a puppet theatre performance called How Shakespeare is born: work in progress under the direction of Patrick Sims. The project is a co-production of the Theatre World Brno festival, the French ensemble Les Antliaclastes, the Czech Centre in Paris and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, and it will be presented in Hérisson and in Paris.
At the beginning there was a first folio and a portrait. Droeshout’s portrait. And then? The Shakespeare phenomenon. An author whose works are known the world over and are still required reading across continents. But who’s really behind them, we don’t know for sure. Poor Shaxper of Stratford-upon-Avon, Francis Bacon, a collective of women authors, a member of the royal family hiding behind a mask – or is it all still very different? Who do we believe in? And do we even need to know?
Theatre Project Once Upon a Time in Skala by Erasmus+ students
International students studying at the Theatre Faculty JAMU under Erasmus+ programme and other exchange programmes cordially invite you to their final theatre performance called Once Upon a Time in Skala. The performance is an audio walk through Kamenná čtvrť guided and performed by our international students in English on 8th, 9th and 10th June at 17:00 and 19:30. More information about the event here.
The entry is free, but please book your ticket in advance here
PARADOX. Short film screening & LIVE music concert – invitation
HOME. Four letters. One word. War.…PARADOX is a short film based on real stories of Ukrainian students who were forced to leave their homeland when the war started. We invite you to come to see a film by Ukrainian students, which they created during their studies at JAMU.
More information about the event here.
The screening will take place at the Husa na Provázku Theatre (big rehearsal room) on Sunday 4th June 2023 at 19:30 and admission is free (the seats capacity is limited, so please book your ticket in advance here).
The film will be screened in Ukrainian with English subtitles, and the screening will be followed by a charity concert in support of Ukraine, with the participation of Czech, Kazakh and Ukrainian musicians.
Erasmus+ incoming students 2023/2024 – application deadline (30th April)
The application deadline for Erasmus+ incoming students for the academic year 2023/2024 is approaching (30th April 2023). For more information please consult our website.
Commedia dell’Arte International Network
The Theatre Faculty JAMU is involved in the Commedia dell’arte International Network, which is part of the Blended Intensive Program implemented as part of the Erasmus+ programme in cooperation with Escola Superior de Arte Dramática de Galicia (Spain) and University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria). At the beginning of April, as part of the project, we hosted a series of workshops, the most important of which was the workshop with the renowned lecturer and artist Carlo Boso.
📸: Vojtěch Šoula
Invitation for an English friendly theatre performance
Please accept our invitation to an English friendly theatre performance by our students of the Theatre and Education for the Deaf department called Girl’s Diary, which will be performed on Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 19:00 with English subtitles, followed by a discussion with the creators. The performance takes place at Studio Marta, Bayerova 5 and tickets can be purchased online via gout here:
https://goout.net/cs/denik-divky/szbtscv/
More information about the performance:
A poetic story of Jewish refugee Ruth Maier in a parallel to the diaries of today’s girls.
Ruth Maier was born more than a hundred years ago, but her story still resonates with us. Aside from the wartime suffering associated with her Jewish ancestry, she was dealing with similar issues in her diary to that addressed by the girls of today. Family relationships, love and friendship, school joys and sorrows, dance classes, literature, theatre, trips, skiing, and, above everything else, the meaning of life. Her inner desire was for a world free of violence, war and oppression and her search for ways to be useful and helpful to others. That is a memento of the diary that has grown into a permanent message.
The theatrical production of Girl’s Diary is primarily inspired by the book The Diary of Ruth Maier by Norwegian writer Jan Erik Vold and is created by the Theatre and Education for the Deaf programme It uses speech and sign language, also elements of movement theatre, pantomime and visual expression. It is designed for both deaf and hearing audiences.
Invitation for the performance of Erasmus+ students
The Engine, the performance by the Erasmus+ students at the Theatre Faculty of the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts will take place:
27 January 2023 at 19.00
28 January 2023 at 18.30
29 January 2023 at 20.00
in Co.Labs Theatre, Kounicova 20, 602 00 Brno
FREE ENTRY!
Please book your ticket in advance at: steaven75@post.jamu.cz
This project is financially supported by the South Moravian Region, the Erasmus+ programme, and the Theatre Faculty of the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts.
#Svobodays project and its meeting in Lyon
The Theatre Faculty JAMU is involved in the international project #Svobodays realized within Erasmus+ programme. The Svobodays are travelling thematic days based on the work of the famous Czech scenographer Josef Svoboda. The aim is to question the links between scenography, light and advanced technologies, and the way they are taught in higher education. In December 2022, a meeting of the project’s partner schools (ENSATT Lyon, JAMU Brno and ESAD Seville) took place in Lyon, where the schools presented models and mini theatre scenes based on the works of Josef Svoboda. The meeting focused on the scenography history but as well on contemporary practices, with a program of round tables and communications, which brought together artists, manufacturers, developers, teachers and students in performing arts and technology.
More information about the project is available here and about the meeting here.
Commedia dell’Arte workshop in Spain
Our students and teachers from the Physical Theatre department participated in the Commedia dell’Arte workshop in Vigo, Spain. The workshop is the result of cooperation between Theatre Faculty JAMU and its partner institutions Escola Superior de Arte Dramática de Galicia (ESADg) and Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz (KUG) as part of the Commedia dell’Arte International Network project implemented in the Erasmus+ programme.
Photo: @deriva_cultural
Ukrainian students performed their production Pray Louder
On Sunday, June 19, 2022, a theatre performance Pray Louder by Ukrainian students took place at the Orlí Street Theatre. These students of art disciplines from various Ukrainian universities were forced to leave Ukraine as a result of the war conflict, and they began to carry out short-term study stays at our faculty. The performance reflected the current situation of Ukrainian students. The creative process was based on their ideas, feelings, and dreams. Physical and collective improvisation was an important tool for exploring the themes and it became a part of the performance, which the students prepared under the pedagogical supervision of MgA. Adéla Kratochvílová, Ph.D., MgA. Dalibor Buš, MgA. Adam Mašura and Mgr. BcA. Pavol Seriš, Ph.D. The performance was held in the personal presence of the Ukrainian Consul in Brno, Ms. Anna Proshko.
Author of the photos: Jan Šmach
