APTPUO-Fall2026-THE1120A-Acting1

**_Posting Reason:_** New Position ** _Location:_** Other ** _Academic Period:_** 2026 Fall Semester _**Faculty:**_ Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts ** _Academic Unit:_** Département de théâtre \\\ Department of Theatre _**Course Title:**_ Acting 1 _**Course Code:**_ THE1120 _**Section:**_ A _**Course Description:**_ Introduction to the construction of character and dramatic action. THÈME: Corporeal poetics Development of theatrical physical vocabulary through real world observation, replication and enactment leading to character construction based in the Lecoq technique. Introduction to the actor’s use of body tension, rhythm and tempo for effective stage presence and corporeal poetics. DELIVERY MODE: In person This course will preferably be taught by the same professor as THE1130-Scenes/Studies I _**Posting limited to:**_ Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor _**Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):**_ 2026/05/12 _**Applications must be received******BEFORE******(YYYY/MM/DD):**_ 2026/06/12 _**Expected Enrolment:**_ 16 _**Approval date:**_ 2026/05/12 _**Number of credits:**_ 3 _**Work Hours:**_ 78 ** _Hourly Rate:_** Autres - Voir commentaires ci-dessous / Other - Please see comments below **The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.** **These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.** **These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.** _**Course type:**_ D _**Posting type:**_ Régulier / Regular _**Language of instruction:**_ Anglais | English _**Competence in second language:**_ Passive _**Course Schedule:**_ Mardi | Tuesday 10:00-13:00 Jeudi | Thursday 10:00-13:00 - **_Requirements:_** 1\. Five years of experience teaching acting at the post-secondary level and/or five years of recent and significant professional acting or directing experience related to the course theme. 2. Knowledge of contemporary national and international theatre trends. _*