Musical Dramaturgy of Movement: Integrating Rhythm and Structure in Physical Theatre
(2025)
author(s): Eliška Vavříková
published in: Research Catalogue
This paper discusses the teaching method I apply in the course of Authorial Creation at HAMU, where students develop as authors and performers of physical theater. Alongside traditional approaches to dramaturgy, I aim to convey applied dramaturgy through movement, space, and music. My methods are inspired by working with Viliam Dočolomanský and are based on perceiving movement and action on stage as music. Movement is music, and music is movement. (Both are vibrations in space that propagate through air or surfaces.) Therefore, I strive to awaken and cultivate a sense of musicality in students, encouraging them to search for meanings and perceive dramaturgy in action, among other things, through rhythm and tools of musical dramaturgy and interpretation.
