Interpretation and Analysis of Folk Dance Recording 1

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107IAFD1	credit	2	1 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 41 to 51 hours of self-study	English	winter

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Learning objective:

The main dance types recorded in our territory in the 19th and early 20th centuries represent cultural dance circuits, which also indicate the appropriate historical context. The aim of the course is to trace the folk dance repertoire in the process of its transformation in time and space on the basis of dance records in classical collections. The purpose is to understand the way folk dance culture functions in its socio-cultural context and the role of the individual in shaping the dance repertoire. It is about the interpretation of dance records, recognition of the essence of individual dance types and the laws of their variability. The basic building units of musical accompaniment and dance structure are analysed and continuously put into context with other written sources and data obtained through field research. The course combines practical dance skills, theoretical knowledge, and empirical research. Students' independent activities and their individual contributions to the interpretation of the phenomena under study are an important part of the course. Students master dance notation - kinetography - and apply this knowledge to the notation of selected dances.

Thematic areas:

Theoretical background and principles of dance form analysis according to the method of Anca Giurchescu and Eva Kröschlová
Problems and principles of dance interpretation according to verbal descriptions in collections of folk dances
An older type of couple dances, the essence of which is the rotation of the couple on the spot and improvisation - a spinning dance dokolečka in 3/4 and 2/4 bars, Chodsko, South Bohemia
Dances, the essence of which is an emphasized rotation of the couple round common axis with a progression from the place – vrták, skočná, dvoukročák
Ceremonial and ceremonial dances - minet; three-period free dances - lendler, štajdyš, tajč; double dances - rejdovák and rejdovačka, běhanka

Learning outcomes

The course connects practical and theoretical knowledge, deepens the ability to think independently and use the acquired knowledge when working with dance material; deepens the understanding of the internal structure of dances, principles of behaviour in live dancing.

Prerequisites and other requirements

none

Literature

Collections of folk music and dance provided with descriptions (particular issues translated into English ad hoc for the use in the seminar):

ADÁMEK, Karel Václav. Tance lidové v okresu hlineckém. Český lid 6-13, 1897-1904. ISSN 00090794.

ERBEN, Karel Jaromír. Prostonárodní české písně a říkadla. Praha: J. Pospíšil, 1862-4.

HOLAS, Čeněk. České národní písně a tance. Praha: B. Kočí, 1908-10.

JELÍNKOVÁ, Zdenka. Točivé tance. Gottwaldov: Krajské nakladatelství, 1959. Studie Krajského vlastivědného ústavu v Gottwaldově.

VYCPÁLEK, Josef. České tance. Praha: E. Rosendorf, 1921.

ZEMÁNEK, Josef. Tance našich okresů. Chrudimsko-Nasavrcko III. Chrudim, 1911.

ZÍDKOVÁ, Petra. Sbírky a sběratelé lidových písní a tanců v Čechách. Praha: Informační a poradenské středisko pro místní kulturu, 2003. ISBN 80-7068-174-8.

Required reading:

GIURCHESCU, Anca a KRÖSCHLOVÁ, Eva. Theory and Method of Dance Form Analysis. In KAEPPLER, Adrienne L. a DUNIN, Elsie Ivancich, eds. Dance Structures. Perspectives on the Analysis of Human Movement. Budapešť: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2007, s. 21-52. ISBN 978-9630585422.

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela: The Influence of Musical Accompaniment on the Emergence and Transformation of a Style of Dance. GORE, Georgiana and Theresa BUCKLAND. Dance, style, youth, identities: International Council for Traditional Music: 19th Symposium of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology 1996 Proceedings. Strážnice: Ústav lidové kultury, 1998, s. 88-92. ISBN 80-86156-15-X.

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela: Traditional Czech Dancing in Historical Perspective. Dans Müzik Kültür, ICTM 20th Ethnochoreology Symposium Proceedings 1998. Istanbul, Turkey: Bogaziçi University Folklore Club, 2000, s. 188-198.

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela: The oldest records of Czech traditional dances: Rethinking dancescape. In: Fiskvik, Anne Margrete Fiskvik – Stranden, Marit (Eds.). (Re)Searching the Field. Festschrift in Honour of Egil Bakka. Fagbokforlaget, 2014. ISBN 9788232103713 823210371X.

Study material on the theory of folk dance form analysis and e-learning materials on dance analysis and kinetography.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The credit is awarded on the basis of continuously completed seminar assignments, preparation of a larger seminar assignment (interpretation of a specific dance according to the notation and its analysis), study of literature and dance records, active participation in the discussion. Participation in the class at least 75%.

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