Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Divadelní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze
Type	Public
Established	1945/46
Dean	Karel František Tománek [cs]
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Website	https://www.damu.cz/en/?

The Department of Dramatic Theatre (Czech: Divadelní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze, abbreviated DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV school and the Department of Music). The academy was opened in 1945 immediately after the Second World War as a part of the newly created academy for the arts.^[1] The department's teachers have included prominent personalities in modern Czech theatre, such as Otomar Krejča, set designer František Tröster [cs], Ivan Vyskočil [cs], director Jiří Frejka [cs], and Miroslav Haller [cs]. DAMU is a member of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) and the European network on cultural management and policy (ENCATC).

Departments

The two main departments of the school are:

Department of Dramatic Theatre, which prepares students for the repertory theatre system and educates them in interpreting classic and contemporary texts
Department of Alternative Theatre and Puppetry, including a sub-department devoted to scenography and a division for alternative stage design

Other departments include:

Department of Stage Design
Department of Authorial Creation and Pedagogy, educating in performance, including an improvisational acting discipline developed by Professor Ivan Vyskočil, called "Acting with the Inner Partner".
Department of Drama in Education, educating in the role of theatre in education
Department of Theory and Criticism, educating in theatre criticism and theoretical subjects
Department of Arts Management, educating in theatre management

The Department of Dramatic Theatre has recently introduced doctoral studies in four areas:

Anda-Louise Bogza, Romanian singer.^{[citation needed]}
Ivana Chýlková (born 1963), Czech actress, graduated from DAMU in 1985.^[2]
Štěpánka Haničincová, TV presenter.^[3]
Petr Haničinec, actor^[3]
Juraj Herz, Slovak film director (The Cremator), studied at DAMU's Department of Puppetry in 1954–1958.^[4]
Tomáš Klus (born 1986), Czech singer-songwriter, graduated from DAMU in drama in 2012.^[5]
Jan Kubíček (1927–2013), Czech constructivist painter and graphic designer, studied at DAMU in 1954–1957.^[6]
Karel Roden (born 1962), Czech actor, graduated from DAMU in 1985.^[7]
Martin Stropnický (born 1956), Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017–), graduated from DAMU in 1980.^[8]
Jan Švankmajer (born 1934), Czech film-maker and animator, studied at DAMU's Department of Puppetry in 1954-1958.^[9]
Alena Vostrá (1938–1992), Czech novelist, graduated from DAMU in 1966 in dramaturgy.^[10]

^ Various authors: AMU 60 years of existence (A book issued on the occasion of 60th anniversary of AMU´s founding), Praha, 2006, page 1-29, ISBN 80-7331-065-1
^ "Obeti a vrazi - herci". Ceska Televize. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b Actor Peter Haničinec († 77) - The life of a fight from the beginning, 11 November 2007, AhaOnline.com, retrieved 26 April 2014
^ Ellinger, Kat (20 June 2018). "Juraj Herz obituary: a one-man wave of Czechoslovak horror". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute.
^ "Tomáš Klus". OSOBNOSTI.cz.
^ "Plakáty — Autoři — Kubíček, Jan". Terryho Ponozky. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ Vlach, Pavel. "Karel Roden". FDB. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "Government of the Czech Republic profile". Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Jan Svankmajer". World Encyclopaedia of Puppetry Arts. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ Brožová, Věra (1998). "Alena Vostrá". Slovník české literatury po r. 1945 (in Czech). Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR. Retrieved 1 May 2012.