Drama: Writing & Creating Exchange

• Every week, you participate in a collective studio practice (writers' room), which takes shape in an individual portfolio and in your own performances. You explore in practice what text can be like, today and in the future.
• In training modules, you develop writing skills in different styles, forms and genres. You develop your writing practice as an author and maker for the stage (theatre dialogues, spoken word), for film and television (screenplay), for audio & new media (e.g. podcasts) and in the context of visual arts.

• In broadening and deepening six-week modules, you work both collectively and individually on writing, acting and making skills. Via electives, you can focus on writing for camera, spoken word or interdisciplinary work.

• At the end of your Bachelor programme, you present a full-fledged performance, in cooperation with other theatre makers.

Exchange students

Drama: Acting, Writing  & Creating Exchange program

-this program is only available for bachelor students-

The Drama program at LUCA School of Arts consists of two trajectories:  Acting & Creating and Writing & Creating. The exchange program consists of a combination of both.

In the  ‘Acting & Creating’ trajectory, text is the starting point. Students perform the classics,  dive into contemporary text material (dialogues, monologues, film fragments, …) and engage in experimental work. They train their body and voice and learn to use them on stage. They create performances starting from shared fascinations and themes.

Central to 'Writing & Creating’ is the writing of texts with the aim of performing them. Students  invent stories that give shape to their themes & fascinations and develop their own artistic signature. The program starts from writing, creating and performing in a theatrical context: the stage is the primary context of authorship.

The exchange program focuses on the cross-pollination between acting, writing, and creating. It  is a combination  of 2BA and 3BA courses, in which the deepening of artistic skills is central.  The development of a personal artistic profile  goes hand in hand  with collaborative group work, in which students share reflection and inspiration. The Drama team consists of a diverse group of teachers who have an active practice in the Dutch spoken theatre landscape of Belgium and the Netherlands.

An exchange program is possible in the second term (mid January to mid June). Exchange students can participate in one English-language module and can rely on individual guidance in English for the other courses, that are taught in Dutch.

Second Semester: