Modern and Contemporary Dance Training 5

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107MCDT5	credit	2	2 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study	English	winter

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Předmět zajišťuje Dance Department

The content of the Modern and Contemporary Dance 5 training course leads to the gradual acquisition of movement principles and methods of contemporary dance techniques, improvisation and touch techniques, which also contributes to the training of movement memory, development of the muscle systém, strengthening of physical fitness and technical level of movement. Primarily, the class works with imagination. Students are consistently made aware of the methodical continuity of exercises. Contemporary Dance Techniques is an open system of training methods that emphasizes natural movement expression and the efficient functioning of the body in motion.

Recommended components include active participation in dance-educational seminars and workshops organized by the dance department or other professional institutions, monitoring and comparing teaching methods of various teachers, and continually adding new information via the Internet.

The aim is to acquire the basic movement qualities and principles of contemporary dance, new skills, the ability to improvise. The student's creativity, knowledge and awareness of the maximum movement possibilities of their own body is developed, based on practical research of the use of physical regularities and kinesiology. Other essential outcomes include student self-support, respect for one's own body, listening to intuition, co-responsibility for the process (teamwork) and the development of the student's artistic personality.

Thematic areas:

Warm up begins with concentration of mind. It focuses on awareness of the functional body settings and the links between its parts in a vertical or horizontal position, their mutual coordination, integration of the extremities and the centre of the body. It slowly and sensitively activates the muscular and joint system in all three planes - spinal, lateral and contralateral. The following movement phrases and games within floor work, changing levels, centre work and work in space (jumps) use different movement qualities in their purity and functionality (sharpness, fluidity etc. ) and develop basic movement principles - the swing, the fall of the body in the vertical axis and the horizontal plane, the search for the moment of reflection and suspension, the processing of impulses and the perception of spirals as motivation for changes in body position, the sequence of movement and its plasticity, the awareness of body weight, its transfer and use in movement, the use of fulcrums and isolation of different parts of the body, the perception of opposition, counter-pulls - or themes: Walking, running, outer and inner space, acceleration-deceleration, time, coordination-isolation. The end of the cool down class is dedicated to stretching or strengthening the most stressed parts of the body and reintegration.

Throughout each class, breath support is repeatedly emphasized to ensure the fluidity and coherence of each movement sequence, maintaining ease and relaxation even in fast and dynamic movement. The breath is followed by the activation of the deep stabilization system, which contributes to the effective organization of any movement. Attention is also focused on the precise localization of the initiation of the movement and the manner of its subsequent articulation, which give the movement a legible shape.

For each movement sequence, the precise determination of the spatial orientation of the movement is emphasized. Indirectly related to this is the subsequent extension of attention from proprioception to the space in which the student is moving, his/her situatedness in relation to colleagues and his/her ability to respond to various external stimuli and impulses. Emphasis is also placed on working with energy and changing dynamics, on musicality.

Learning outcomes

The student will gain practical experience with movement principles in simple variations and movement phrases. The student will become familiar with some of the methods used in contemporary dance.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Evaluation methods and criteria

Credit is awarded on the basis of a practical test of understanding of the course content, completion of workshops organized by the dance department.

Other requirements: attendance 75%.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Classical Ballet Technique - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Modern and Contemporary Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Folk Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)