Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Departments

• the Department of Dramatic Theatre, preparing students for the repertory theatre system and focusing on the interpretation of classical and contemporary texts
• the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre, including a sub-department devoted to scenography, the Division of Alternative Stage Design

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

• Stage Creation and the Theory of Stage Creation
• Theory and Practice of Theatre Creation
• Alternative and Puppet Art and Its Theory
• Authorial Acting and the Theory of Authorial Creation and Pedagogy

  Notable alumni

• Anda-Louise Bogza, Romanian singer
• Ivana Chýlková, Czech actress, graduated from DAMU in 1985
• Štěpánka Haničincová, TV presenter
• Petr Haničinec, actor
• Juraj Herz, Slovak film director studied in DAMU's Department of Puppetry 1954-58
• Tomáš Klus, Czech singer-songwriter, graduated from DAMU in drama in 2012
• Jan Kubíček, Czech constructivist painter and graphic designer, studied at DAMU 1954-57
• Karel Roden, Czech actor, graduated from DAMU in 1985
• Martin Stropnický, Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, graduated from DAMU in 1980
• Jan Švankmajer, Czech film-maker and animator, studied in DAMU's Department of Puppetry 1954-58
• Alena Vostrá, Czech novelist, graduated from DAMU in 1966 in dramaturgy

  Deans of DAMU

• 1946–1948 Jiří Frejka
• 1948–1949 Klementina Rektorisová
• 1949–1950 František Götz
• 1950–1952 Jan Kopecký
• 1952–1953 František Götz
• 1953–1954 Vladimír Adámek
• 1954–1955 František Salzer
• 1955–1958 Josef Bezdíček
• 1958–1961 František Salzer
• 1961–1963 Antonín Dvořák
• 1963–1970 František Salzer
• 1970–1972 Jan Císař
• 1972–1985 Eva Šmeralová
• 1985–1989 Jana Makovská
• 1990–1991 Jan Dušek
• 1991–1994 Miloslav Klíma
• 1994–1997 Miloš Horanský
• 1997–2000 Vladimír Mikeš
• 2000–2006 Markéta Kočvarová-Schartová
• 2006–2013 Jan Hančil
• 2013–present Doubravka Svobodová