Systemic problem of education and professional evolvement of students specializing in «Drama theatre and movie actor» in higher educational institutions

Abstract

The purpose of the article — to analyze the already existing system of education and professional evolvement of drama theatre and movie actors, and to propose an effective algorithm for working with students of performing art departments in higher educational institutions.
 The methodology. The methodology of the article is determined by the research topic’s peculiar nature, relies on the authors’ practical experience and is conditioned by the purpose of the article. Among the methodological tools, an interdisciplinary approach was employed (thanks to the use of professional descriptions from such disciplines as pedagogical science, psychology, aesthetics and others) and the functional approach, which determines the scientific weight of the issues outlined in the article due to their real functioning in culture and in historical perspective. Also, the axiological method and the interpretation method were used to explain social and cultural factors of future actors’ education and to analyze additional levers and professional evolvement.
 The results. 1. The main areas of future drama theatre and movie actors’ training were analyzed in order to determine the key problems of professional evolvement of students specializing in theatre in higher educational institutions. 2. The stratum of historical course in formation of actor’s profession as an independent professional activity was studied. 3. The main levers of artistic influence and operational tools for future theatre and movie actors’ education have been defined.
 The scientific novelty. Professional artistic education directed at theatre arts should never be silent about the problems of education and professional evolvement of students specializing in drama theatre and movie in higher educational institutions, which problems have already become systemic. One of the key reasons for that lies in the inconsistency with current realities of the world’s theatre process and Ukrainian artistic space.
 The practical significance. The actor is a truly unique and universal profession, yet one should exactly define what namely its universality and uniqueness lies in. The profession of theatre and movie actor does not simply represent the knowledge of certain elements of the craft, tools and instruments that the actor must possess (voice, rhythmicity, development of imagination and fantasy, emotional and psychophysical memory), but also is complemented by in-depth analytical research into the “novel of life” — biographies of people played by actors, the ability to form his or her professional “circle of attention”. It would be highly appropriate to permanently employ physical training elements (language and visual ones, transition from one environment to another etc.). All that and many other components, which the actor deals with when operating within realistic psychological theatre training system, determine the success of professional evolvement.