Dance in Religion and Philosophy 2

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
107DRP2 exam 3 1 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 65 to 80 hours of self-study English summer

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Předmět zajišťuje Dance Department

Contents

This course introduces students to the place of dance in religious and philosophical systems that continue to influence contemporary thinking from antiquity to the present.

Thematic areas:

  1. Judaism and Dance
  2. Christianity and dance
  3. Islam and dance
  4. Friedrich Nietzsche and his ideas on dance
  5. Modern and contemporary dance art in Asia and its influence on the European dance scene in the 20th and 21st centuries
  6. European dance forms after penetration into Asia, the relationship and mutual understanding of cultures. Contemporary art.

Learning outcomes

The students gained a chronological overview, supplemented and deepened their knowledge of world religions in connection with dance rituals, which in many cases still accompany them today and often become sources of inspiration for new works. Listeners will also learn how the theme of dance is reflected in the Bible and subsequently in modern philosophy. By delving into the patterns of different cultures, they gain new insights into their own culture.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

Required reading:

AU, Susan. Ballet and modern dance. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. ISBN 0500203520.

GRAU, Andrée. Dance and the Shifting Sands of Multiculturalism. In URMIMALA, Sarkar Munsi, ed.: Dance, trancending borders, 2008. ISBN 978-8189487386.

HANNA, Judith Lynn. Cultural Context. In: COHEN, Selma Jeanne, ed.: International Encyclopedia of Dance, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, s. 362-366. ISBN-13: 978-0195094626.

HAYASHI, Lucie. How Much for A Dancer? Culture Policy towards Dance in Japan and Czech Republic. In: Apjok, Vivian, ed. Dance, Age and Politics. Proceedings of the 30th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology 28th July-3rd August 2018 Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra Cultural Centre, Szeged. Szeged: University of Szeged, 2021, p. 251-260. ISBN 978-615-5167-34-8.

MANOR, Giora. The Bible as Dance. Dance Magazine 52, 1978, č. 12, s. 55-86. ISSN: 0011-6009.

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm. The Birth of Tragedy. Penguin Books Ltd, 1993. ISBN 9780140433395.

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm. The Untimely Meditations. Digireads.com, 2010. ISBN 9781420934557.

PARTRIDGE, Christopher. Introduction to World Religions. SPCK Publishing, 2014. ISBN 9780745956879.

VAN ZILE, Judy. Perspectives on Korean dance. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8195-6494-X.

Recommended reading:

BUREŠOVÁ, Lucie. Systém tanečního vzdělání v Japonsku. Živá hudba. Praha: NAMU, 2012, 3, 109 – 123. ISSN 0514-7735.

BUREŠOVÁ, Lucie. Tanec butó v kontextu moderních dějin japonského divadla. DISK. Praha: NAMU a Nakladatelství KANT, 2011. 20. ISSN 1213-8665.

BUREŠOVÁ, Lucie. Vyděděnci společnosti národním pokladem. Historický přehled postavení tanečníka v japonském tradičním divadle. in BULÍNOVÁ, Karolína; BUREŠOVÁ, Lucie; GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota; KAZÁROVÁ, Helena a ZILVAROVÁ, Daniela. Profese tanečníka: mezi obdivem a odsouzením. Praha: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7331-241-1.

LEIFROVÁ, Alena. Tématika tance v textech Starého a Nového zákona. Praha, 2011. Seminární práce. Akademie múzických umění v Praze. Hudební a taneční fakulta AMU. Katedra tance.

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm. O životě a umění. Praha: Votobia, 1995. Malá díla. ISBN 80-85885-54-9.

Evaluation methods and criteria

An oral examination of the topics covered on lectures.

Other requirements: activity in class, seminar papers in the range of 2-3 standard pages

Note

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Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

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