Dance Aesthetics 2

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107DAE2	exam	3	1 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 65 to 80 hours of self-study	English	summer

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Předmět zajišťuje Dance Department

Learning objective:

The course contains the issues of general aesthetics applied to special dance aesthetics, which is further developed in other thematic areas. Students develop other aesthetic categories and concepts related to movement and the body (in dance). They focus on the interpretation of specific examples in dance using basic general philosophical knowledge.

Instruction is based on the ability to construct thinking and understanding of concepts, which are conducted through professional discussion. This type of interactive lecture and debate leads the student to self-reflection and aids in effective problem solving. Professional guidance ensures the quality of understanding of aesthetics and the acquisition of professional discourse in which the student uses the acquired knowledge and skills of the field and demonstrates the ability to apply them in a distinctive way.

The goal of the study is to develop knowledge of other aesthetic phenomena, relationships, observation, cognition, and the ability to verbalize the spiritual level of thinking about and presenting the art of dance. Students are introduced to attitudes toward art and the world through a particular form of confrontation, the interconnectedness of understanding life and artistic performance, the lens of openness and collaboration of the phenomena they learn about, and the application of theoretical approaches in practice.

Thematic areas:

Visual communication
aesthetic perception
the variability of aesthetic values within different dance styles
aesthetics and phenomenology
dance as a symbol and its historical transformations
dance theory and dance practice - the search for connections
duality of body and soul in dance
analysis of aesthetic frameworks within the work of prominent choreographic figures

Learning outcomes

the ability to independently develop your creative thinking
ability to work with basic and extension literature
the ability to analyse a work in terms of aesthetic principles
orientation in contemporary approaches to dance aesthetics as a distinct field
the ability to formulate opinions and support them with relevant data and knowledge acquired through study
to reflect independently on aesthetic issues in dance
knowledge of the field and orientation in its currents of thought

Prerequisites and other requirements

none

Literature

Required reading:

ARISTOTLE. Poetics. Penguin Classics, 1997. ISBN 978-0140446364.

BEST, David. Expression in Movement and The Arts. London: Henry Kimpton Publishers, 1974.

DAVIES, Stephen ed. Companion to Aesthetics. Willey-Blackwell, 2009. ISBN 978-1405169226.

ROYCE PETERSON, Anya. The Anthropology of Dance. Indiana University Press 1977. ISBN 978-1852730888.

TOWNSEND, Dabney. The A to Z of Aesthetics. Scarecrow Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0810875814.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Oral examination, examination of knowledge and skills, presentation of research on selected concepts, analysis and defence of written seminar paper (3 standard pages)

Other requirements: attendance rate of at least 80%, active participation in the classroom, completion of partial assignments.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

Choreology (MA) - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)