The intensive programme “Introduction to Acting and Puppetry” presents to young people the main principles of acting and puppetry embraced at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek. This programme is unique due to its individual approach to every student, focusing on the segments which require improvement. It develops motor skills, spatial presence, imagination and new ways of observing the inanimate world (as a puppeteer and an actor). The programme also tests the sense of pitch and rhythm, conducted by the professors and assistants who are stage performers with music education. The programme is carried out by the teachers of the undergraduate and graduate study programmes of Acting and Puppetry at the Department of Theatre of the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek. They have extensive practical experience and participate in theatre projects as directors, actors, puppeteers and members of the creative team (choreographers, lighting designers, composers of music, etc.) with considerable pedagogic experience in leading drama and puppetry workshops for children and young people.

Programme duration: 24 hours.

Enrolment conditions:

The Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek does not impose special enrolment conditions. The programme is intended for young people attending secondary schools or students. It is recommended that students should prepare a monologue, poem, fable or short puppet play in order to make the most out of their work during the programme.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this programme students will be able to:

• be aware of their current sense of pitch and rhythm
• come up with an idea for a smaller unit (monologue, poetry) and perform it
• independently create simple puppet plays using the acquired knowledge and skills
• understand the main rules of the puppet theatre