Singing and voice training are one of the main components of the foundation of the discipline for acting students. It is clear and obvious that each student comes with a different level of musical and vocal talent. The task and goal of our cabinet is to develop the vocal apparatus of each future acting individual, to introduce them to the musical singing literature/folk songs, chansons, dance songs, musical songs/ and above all to collaborate with the teachers of the acting studios on theatre projects. We also offer piano/ two semesters/ and ensemble singing.
The cabinet provides teaching of practical and theoretical music disciplines and stage speech for all other studios according to the requirements of their heads. The basic reasoning is based on the premise that it is the graduates of these practical disciplines who should be equipped with the skills and knowledge in these areas:
Speaking technique – the aim is to build a healthy and sonorous voice, to eliminate any diction and vocal deficiencies and to equip the listener with adequate theoretical knowledge in the field of orthoepy. The lessons move on to artistic recitation and interpretation of artistic texts.
Singing lessons – the purpose is to equip the student for the demanding artistic, or pedagogical practice, with the appropriate knowledge and a voice that will be technically correct and controlled, and therefore meet the demands of acting practice.
Piano lessons for beginners and advanced players.
Head of the cabinet: doc. Mgr. Petr Svozilek
The Cabinet for Theatre and Drama Research focuses on research on theatre, audiovisual production and related boundary phenomena. Within the framework of interdisciplinary research, it combines theatrical, historical, sociological, media analytical and anthropological methods and seeks intersections with the field of artistic research. In cooperation with teachers and students of the Theatre Faculty of JAMU, he is developing the potential of this direction, which connects the process of artistic creation with academic discourse.
He also focuses on more general issues of art theory and history, art pedagogy, the philosophy of dialogue in relation to theatre, research into the feedback loop using objectivist methods, the personalities of the Czech theatre avant-garde and the Theatre Faculty of JAMU, and the relationship between radio and film. He cooperates with research institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad.
The Cabinet is an active member of the domestic and international scientific and artistic community. Its members participate in conferences, workshops or research projects, the outputs of which are published in the professional press.
In collaboration with teachers and students, the Cabinet for Theatre and Drama Research initiates and organises international conferences and diverse research projects. Its members participate in the editorial activities of the Faculty of Theatre as authors, editors, professional editors, or consultants for the publication activities of other teachers or students.
Through continuous pedagogical activities in the bachelor, master and doctoral cycle, the Cabinet provides JAMU students with knowledge about the current state of theatre and audiovisual production, as well as the latest methodological tendencies.
More information about the cabinet can be found here.
Head of the cabinet: Mgr. Mgr. Jana Kořínková, Ph.D.
The Movement Cabinet provides instruction in a wide range of movement disciplines for all studios of the JAMU Faculty of Arts. It responds to the current requirements of individual studio heads and, in agreement with them, creates conditions for the development of students’ movement abilities and skills. Using various movement and dance techniques, the cabinet systematically works on cultivating students’ movement. Its main goal is to transform the student’s personal body into an artistic acting instrument. Some special disciplines related to movement skills are provided through external teachers (e.g. fencing, tap, acrobatics, conditioning dance, functional training, stage combat, etc.).
Head of Cabinet: prof. Ing. Prof. David Strnad
The concept of foreign language teaching at the Language Department of the Theatre Faculty of JAMU focuses on the development and improvement of language skills and communication abilities, with an emphasis on professional terminology in the context of the field of dramatic arts.
Students in the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes are required to take a foreign language course. In the 1st semester, the student chooses one language (English, German, French, Spanish, Russian) from the offer of the Language Cabinet of the Faculty of Arts JAMU and will have to take it for the first four semesters (1st and 2nd year). If at the end of the 1st year the student decides to choose another language instead of the current language in the following academic year, he/she is obliged to take this newly chosen language again for 4 semesters.
The Language Cabinet of the Faculty of Arts of the JAMU provides lessons for complete beginners in the following languages: German, French, Spanish and Russian. English for complete beginners is not taught at DF.
The JAMU Language Department also offers translation seminars in German.
Head of the cabinet: Mgr. Mgr. Jana Glombíčková
Head of the cabinet: Mgr. Mgr. Aleš Záboj