This minor stimulates your creativity so you can apply it in your future work. Step out of your comfort zone and dare to play again.

In this minor, you will learn to direct, act and teach theatre and to apply these skills within your own professional field. You will study the history of theatre and shape a monologue. In addition, you will learn how to develop a lesson or training and how to create a theatre production. Throughout the minor, you will also strengthen your imagination and learn to work with different target groups and organizations.

This minor offers a balance between practice and theory. During the lessons, you will gain experience by acting and directing your classmates. You will also follow lectures, write analyses and concepts, and create your own performance. In addition, you are required to attend seven professional evening performances and reflect on each one. During this minor, you will stimulate your creativity, develop your artistic vision and discover all facets of the theatre profession.

This minor is suitable for students with or without theatre experience, and education is tailored where needed. The minor is only offered once a year.

"Picture from student performance January 2025 in theater CREA."

 

The student can/learns to:

·        Understand and reconstruct theoretical and practical knowledge of theatre through a theory exam.

·        Increase creative thinking skills to broaden the didactic repertoire.

·        Act and direct theatre to develop teaching skills.

·        Work from your own artistic vision with students and colleagues.

·        Stimulate the integration of art within regular education by theatrically translating your own subject.

·        Conduct research into the effectiveness of this integration and reflect on it.

 

"Picture from student performance January 2025 in theater CREA."

Note: 
The HBO standard is used as a measure for the bachelor's level. For this minor the following domains are relevant: '2. Investigative ability', '3. Professional craftsmanship' and '4. Professional ethics and social orientation'.

Students may participate if they are available during all contact hours.

For the minor, students should expect 40 hours of study load per week. Even if you are not studying at the HVA, it is possible to follow the minor, provided that the choice can be clearly justified and a clear link can be made with your own study programme. Affinity with theatre is helpful but not required.
"Picture from student performance January 2025 in theater CREA."

The final list of compulsory literature and the list of performances will be provided in the first weeks. Students are also expected to select additional literature themselves for competence development and research.

Semester 2 : Thursday 13.40 - 21.40 hour.

A week before the minor starts, Brightspace will contain a detailed schedule with all classes and deadlines.

About seven times in the evenings, we will visit the performance. The final phase requires additional rehearsal time.

"Picture from student performance January 2025 in theater CREA."

Course/ credits

The programme consists of four phases:
PHASE I: knowledge about the history of theatre.
PHASE II: designing a project proposal within (theatre) education.
PHASE III: stimulating one's own artistic vision.
PHASE IV: observing, creating & evaluating.

Described per phase with assessment methods:

·        Phase I: 6 EC
Theatre History: lectures based on plays, examples and theory. Assessed by a written exam, resit opportunity by second exam. Taught by Dominic Mertens.

·        Phase II: 6 EC
Didactics: an assignment in practice where you find a client in the field of education or theatre and develop a lesson series, theatre project or training. Assessed by teaching the series on location and providing a written lesson or a project proposal. Resit opportunity by writing a new series of lessons. Taught by Fransje Christiaans and Wout Nooitgedagt.

·        Phase III: 6 EC

·        Acting & directing: in this phase you learn to shape a monologue. Assessed by written analysis and performance of a monologue. Support from classmate as director. Resit opportunity by giving a new monologue. Taught by Fransje Christiaans, Wout Nooitgedagt and Dominic Mertens.

·        Stage IV A: -

                Viewing reports: analysing performances.Student goes to about seven performances and analyses them via an analysis model in groups of three or four.

·        Phase IV B: 12 EC
The performance: the creation of a final production. Assessed by staging a final production in the Crea Theater in Amsterdam. Completion by evaluation & reflection report. Resit opportunity by a written review or a new production to be staged.  Taught by Fransje Christiaans, Wout Nooitgedagt, and Dominic Mertens.

Study part / EC / Test form 
Phase 1: Theatre history / 6 EC / Examination
Phase 2: Didactics / 6 EC / Product + class visit
Phase 3: Acting/directing / 6 EC / Directing concept + presentation + analysis
Phase 4-A: Viewing report / - / Three viewing reports
Phase 4-B: Theatre performance / 12 EC / Presentation and reflection report

Note: each student receives one resit opportunity per phase. Resits take place within the minor period, except Phase IV, which may take place in August or the next semester. All viewing reports must be approved to complete Phase IV.

 

"Picture from student performance January 2025 in theater CREA."

Costs:
The literature costs are approximately € 80, -. In addition, the costs for the theatre visits are about € 150. Those who have discount cards can arrange a reduction on this themselves. It is advised to purchase a CJP or city pass. In most cases there is a group discount, which means that the prices for a performance are on average around €10 to 15 euros. Additional costs can be considered for making a one-off excursion to a performance + theatre workshop in or outside the Netherlands. This excursion is not mandatory and will be announced at the beginning of the minor so that there is enough time to decide and see if it will take place.

Questions about the minor?
Contact Dominic Mertens via d.mertens@hva.nl

Questions about the Kies op Maat procedure?
Contact Lia Stip via minoren-foo@hva.nl

 

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