36 monthsProgramme duration
9,200 EURTuition Fee/year
15 Jan, 2026Application Deadline
OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
We are primarily concerned with the in-depth study of acting and
authorship, and of their elements. In this effort, we perceive acting as
the ability to act and perform (play), and authorship as an aptitude
for original thinking and imagination. We are further concerned with
the study of the dramatic play as both the stimulus and objective of
acting and authorship. We study the artificiality of these phenomena,
because in artistic expression they are more evident and easier to
grasp. At the same time, we study them with awareness not only of their
aesthetic horizons, but also of their ethical, social, philosophical and
psychological horizons.
In other words, we are concerned with the
study of acting not in the sense of interpreting an assigned role, but
in an authorial sense. This is to say that with respect to educating
students we are explicitly concerned with cultivating creative
personalities capable of standing behind their authorial achievements
and of personally presenting and developing these achievements in a
dialogue with the environment into which they enter – in both artistic
and extra-artistic contexts.
The student must have sufficient stamina
In order to engage in such creative activities, because existing in a
common space places significant psychosomatic demands on every
individual. For this reason, the study of Authorial Acting is based on
acquiring experience in the main dimensions of human expression: voice,
speech, movement, play and dialogical acting. The programme is thus
focused on developing one’s own aptitudes for dramatic creativity and
creation, and on the ability to be a partner. Its integrated disciplines
are authorial reading and authorial presentation.
In selected
psychosomatic disciplines, our students cover material similar to that
learned by actors in so-called traditional theatre (in speech training
one learns storytelling, fairy tales, short stories, verse, oration,
etc.; in voice training one learns spoken and singing voice, songs,
artistic song, duet, choir, recitative, etc.; in acting one learns
monologue, dialogue, classical theatrical texts, directed improvisation,
etc.), but here the emphasis is placed on psychosomatics (holism,
individuation), a filiation with “real” action, the ability to bring
these things to their original communicativeness and functionality.
Students
gradually acquire stamina through a thorough experiential understanding
of the psychosomatic disciplines and reflection on their issues.
Students are first provided with an essential overview and then led to
find a personal theme which they then capture on stage.
The
theoretical subjects are selected so as to provide these skills with
reflection and a broader horizon. Emphasis is also placed on
transparency and public presentation (authorial reading and
presentation, and the Autorská tvorba nablízko (“Authorial Creation
Close-Up”) festival).
Graduate profile
- The programme graduate is able not only to control his or her means of expression – voice, speech, gesture, movement, body, etc. – at a good level of technical proficiency and in an instrumental manner, but also and in particular to perceive, experience and act with these means of expression psychosomatically (holistically), i.e. as if using a natural part of his or her personality, and in both artistic and extra-artistic areas.
- The programme graduate is able to invent, develop and execute authorial ideas at the level of small and medium-sized productions, both individually and in collaboration with others. He or she is also competent to lead a creative team authorially.
- The programme graduate is able to deliver a high-quality public performance in theatrical and broader cultural spheres, as well as other areas of public life.
- The programme graduate is able to write his or her own authorial texts with scenic potency, especially in small and medium-sized works.
- The programme graduate is able to work authorially with other texts and stimuli generally, and to become involved in publishing.
- Graduates become the authors of their own projects of a theatrical, visual, literary or other nature, or work in the media sphere, in education or in assistive professions.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
We are primarily concerned with the in-depth study of acting and
authorship, and of their elements. In this effort, we perceive acting as
the ability to act and perform (play), and authorship as an aptitude
for original thinking and imagination. We are further concerned with
the study of the dramatic play as both the stimulus and objective of
acting and authorship. We study the artificiality of these phenomena,
because in artistic expression they are more evident and easier to
grasp. At the same time, we study them with awareness not only of their
aesthetic horizons, but also of their ethical, social, philosophical and
psychological horizons.
In other words, we are concerned with the
study of acting not in the sense of interpreting an assigned role, but
in an authorial sense. This is to say that with respect to educating
students we are explicitly concerned with cultivating creative
personalities capable of standing behind their authorial achievements
and of personally presenting and developing these achievements in a
dialogue with the environment into which they enter – in both artistic
and extra-artistic contexts.
The student must have sufficient stamina
In order to engage in such creative activities, because existing in a
common space places significant psychosomatic demands on every
individual. For this reason, the study of Authorial Acting is based on
acquiring experience in the main dimensions of human expression: voice,
speech, movement, play and dialogical acting. The programme is thus
focused on developing one’s own aptitudes for dramatic creativity and
creation, and on the ability to be a partner. Its integrated disciplines
are authorial reading and authorial presentation.
In selected
psychosomatic disciplines, our students cover material similar to that
learned by actors in so-called traditional theatre (in speech training
one learns storytelling, fairy tales, short stories, verse, oration,
etc.; in voice training one learns spoken and singing voice, songs,
artistic song, duet, choir, recitative, etc.; in acting one learns
monologue, dialogue, classical theatrical texts, directed improvisation,
etc.), but here the emphasis is placed on psychosomatics (holism,
individuation), a filiation with “real” action, the ability to bring
these things to their original communicativeness and functionality.
Students
gradually acquire stamina through a thorough experiential understanding
of the psychosomatic disciplines and reflection on their issues.
Students are first provided with an essential overview and then led to
find a personal theme which they then capture on stage.
The
theoretical subjects are selected so as to provide these skills with
reflection and a broader horizon. Emphasis is also placed on
transparency and public presentation (authorial reading and
presentation, and the Autorská tvorba nablízko (“Authorial Creation
Close-Up”) festival).
Graduate profile
- The programme graduate is able not only to control his or her means of expression – voice, speech, gesture, movement, body, etc. – at a good level of technical proficiency and in an instrumental manner, but also and in particular to perceive, experience and act with these means of expression psychosomatically (holistically), i.e. as if using a natural part of his or her personality, and in both artistic and extra-artistic areas.
- The programme graduate is able to invent, develop and execute authorial ideas at the level of small and medium-sized productions, both individually and in collaboration with others. He or she is also competent to lead a creative team authorially.
- The programme graduate is able to deliver a high-quality public performance in theatrical and broader cultural spheres, as well as other areas of public life.
- The programme graduate is able to write his or her own authorial texts with scenic potency, especially in small and medium-sized works.
- The programme graduate is able to work authorially with other texts and stimuli generally, and to become involved in publishing.
- Graduates become the authors of their own projects of a theatrical, visual, literary or other nature, or work in the media sphere, in education or in assistive professions.
Admission Requirements
Applicant Requirements:
Good physical and psychological condition. Good condition as regards talent and character, and these should be capable of further development and cultivation. It is necessary to have a need for learning and a capacity of learning, for studying, and for partaking in teamwork.
More info about the audition procedure:
We test the prospective student's degree of talent, and their ability for development, in the foundation disciplines of psychosomatic study, especially voice, speech and movement. Further, we test the ability to distinguish between different parts of acting on stage, the ability to consciously act in a playful way, the ability to act together with someone else, the ability to react authentically, the ability to improvise (these are the ability requirements for the study of acting). Last but not least, the ability to formulate authorial ideas is also important (authorial texts).
The presence of all of these skills in and of itself does not guarantee an authorial character, however, and this is why it is necessary to conduct an interview as part of the application procedure. (The subjects addressed here are the prospective student's motivation for study, their general knowledge of culture, art, philosophy, public social and current affairs.) This allows an assessment of the character and character potential of the individual. There is usually just a single round of entrance exams, and they take place in English.
Mandatory annexes to application and course of their delivery:
The candidates must submit the documents mandatory for entire faculty (CV with photography and certificate of completed secondary education). Above these, the candidates for this study programme must submit, together with the application, by uploading directly to the electronic application, the following documents:
- letter of motivation (including the reasons why they have chosen the programme of Authorial Acting; a reflection of their practical experience to date; and a vision of their future professional activities),
- 2 authorial texts written by the candidate in English of maximum 3 pages each (all kinds of texts are welcome except for lyrical poems),
- recent portrait photography included in CV.
The course of the entrance examination:
a) Number of rounds: Entrance examinations consist of only one round.
b) Time span: 1 day.
c) Form of the entrance examination: In person or online.
Content of the entrance examination and assessment criteria:
- two authorial texts (i.e. written by the applicant) sent in advance
- movement discipline – identification of movement aptitudes
- voice discipline – examination of vocal and aural abilities, interconnectedness of voice and movement, the candidate prepares at least two folk songs of a different character (slow and fast)
- speech discipline - examination of speech aptitudes, especially in terms of logic, expression and communicative ability, the candidate will prepare two prose texts (not their own, not a dramatic monologue!) for recitation by heart, one text max. of about half a page,
- the discipline of acting propaedeutics and dramatic play - the
candidate will perform simple improvisations and variations
- interview (relating to the candidate's motivation, their orientation towards culture, art, philosophy, social events and personality), maximum 10 points.
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