COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Performance Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SIBEL ERDENK

Offered to

Performance Arts

Course Objective

This course aims to improve the pysical qualifications needed like good condition, flexibility and to increase pysical awareness and to teach how to use the body for non-verbal communication.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:

Rudolf Laban- The Mastery of Movement, Northcote House, United Kingdom 1992
Irmgard Bartinieff-Dori Levis-Body Movement,Gordon and Brech Publisher,U.S.A. 1993
Moshe Feldenkrais-Awareness Through Movement, HarperOne, 1991
Mabel Todd-The Thinking Body, Dance Books Ltd.,London,1997
Additional Sources:
Alexander Technique- Chris Stevens, United Kingdom,1995
Richard Magill-Motor Learning Concepts&Applications, McGraw-Hill Pub, U.S.A.,1998
Complementary Materials:
music and the things that student use for the projets.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Courses
Lecturer teaches students to improve their physical performances they need in their career. The knowledge required at the first phase of pysical awareness and the tranformation of this knowledge into practice are tought. Besides makes students to discover the movement potential of the human body. He/she does class works that students understand that the movement is a way of communication.
2- Practices
The issues mentioned and practiced in the class is transformed into a project. These projects are reported in detail.
3- Class Discussion
The projects made by students are discussed and critisized in the class. The criteria is that the work is right and effective . Student observes the effect on the audience. That helps to increase the quality and the creativity of the latter productions.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

*Evaluation phase requires advance physical ability, high concentration in class, group work ability, creativity and originality and absolute dicipline.
*Grades depand on attendance(1), concentration and creativity(2), success in presentation(3), positive contribution in class(4).

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- It s obligatory to attend %80 of the course
2- Student can t enter the class after the course begins.
3- For participation sportswear and sports shoes are obligatory.
4- During the class improper behaviors are ended with the send off of the student.
5- Being absent in the presentation day is equal to have no presentation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assistant professor Dr. Sibel Erdenk
sibelerdenk@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes