Abstract

This article summarizes the almost four-year duration of the Vzdelávanie divadlom (Educating through the Theatre) project from 2010 to 2014, which was funded through European structural funds and based at the Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University, in Nitra. This project was managed by the author. As part of the project, 27 workshops were held on historical and contemporary poetics in theatre and their application. There were 45 works published (28 monographs, 15 manuals, and 2 electronic publications) and 8 lectures, 1 colloquium, 1 international conference, and 3 school theatre productions. Eleven Slovak theatre companies were hosted and two theatre festivals supported. This article highlights the main aims of the project and its impact at a nationwide level.

Highlights

  • The project, “Education by Theatre”, focused on the innovation of existing forms and methods of courses in theoretical, historical, and practical education, as well as the creation of pedagogicaldidactic materials and tools of the existing education model used in theatre and drama creation and teaching at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

  • The project was outlined in a manner allowing the use of possible creative theatre techniques in an interdisciplinary way

  • A part of this range includes the aforementioned multimedia study book. The results of this project are accessible to all concerned groups, and this fulfills the main aim of the project, i.e., to optimize the educational situation in Slovakia

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Introduction

The project, “Education by Theatre”, focused on the innovation of existing forms and methods of courses in theoretical, historical, and practical education, as well as the creation of pedagogicaldidactic materials and tools of the existing education model used in theatre (including personal development by means of theatre) and drama creation and teaching at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. Both performances were presented in the evening for members of the international conference, Education by Theatre at the University Creative Atelier The aim of this part of the project was to create a challenging environment that would increase students’ interest in PhD study on a particular theatrological specialization as well as theoretical, historical, and practical theatre subjects at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. A part of this range includes the aforementioned multimedia study book

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