Basics of Dance Aesthetics 1

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107EBDA1	credit	2	1 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 41 to 51 hours of self-study	English	winter

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Předmět zajišťuje Dance Department

Learning objectives:

The course deals with general aesthetics applied to special dance aesthetics. Students will learn about general aesthetic categories and concepts related to movement and the body (in dance). The introduction to the study of aesthetics also includes a general overview of the development and characteristics of European philosophy.

Teaching is based on the ability to construct thought and understanding of concepts, which are conducted in the form of a scholarly disputation. This type of interactive lecture and debate leads the student to self-reflection and helps to solve the assigned tasks effectively. 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 aim of the study is to acquire knowledge of aesthetic phenomena, relationships, as well as the theory of perception, observation and cognition. Students are introduced to the aesthetic function, the principle of judgment formation, aesthetic experience and the concept of beauty of the body and beauty of movement.

Thematic areas:

Beauty and ancient aesthetics
the most prominent features of the aesthetic
sensory reception
development of imagination and imagery
the sense of movement and its „revelation“
reflections on the phenomenon and aesthetics of the body and corporeality
the beauty of the human body and the beauty of movement (adoration, provocation...)
taste, the sublime, aesthetic education, attitude and opinion
aesthetic creativity
non-artistic and artistic aesthetics and kitsch
Apolline and Dionysian principles
aesthetic value of dance

Learning outcomes

orientation in the theory determining the profile of the dance discipline
knowledge of the procedures of understanding and processing one's own practices in a practical and spiritual level
an overview of the ways and possibilities of professional artistic skills adequate to an aesthetic understanding of the world
knowledge of the history of aesthetics can be understood in the context of other semester assignments
understanding of the contemporary and timeless value of a work of art
achieve knowledge and skills, can apply in the presentation of his/her teaching and artistic competence

Prerequisites and other requirements

none

Literature

Required reading:

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

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

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

ROYCE PETERSON, Anya. The Antropology of Dance. Vyd. 1. Indiana University Press 1977. ISBN 978-1852730888.

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

Evaluation methods and criteria

Oral examination of knowledge and skills, presentation of research on selected concepts and examples of their manifestation in the art of dance

Other requirements: 80% attendance, activity in class, working on partial assignments

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