Dance Improvisation - Seminar 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 107TIS1 | credit | 2 | 2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study | Czech | winter |
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Department
Předmět zajišťuje Dance Department
Contents
The program includes learning improvisation methods developed by William Forsythe and joining these with principles and procedures of contact improvisation. The course includes relaxation and awareness exercises, learning ideas about Laban's Cube, manners of joining points and direction in the cube, working with an idea of a space developed in time, dynamics and in a space. Development of the perception of one's body space and placing the body in a space and in relation to a group.
The basic principles of contact improvisation - awareness and increase of mutual feeling, working with weight in duet, push, pull, positive and negative space, exercises in leading and following, manipulations, improvisation with and without physical touching.
Solo and group improvisation.
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students with contemporary methods of dance improvisation and develop thier improvisation skills. In today's choreographies improvisation is one of the basic creative tools. Improvisation skills are necessary for the choreographer and performer.
Prerequisites and other requirements
Extensive dance experience, at best in modern and contemporary dance technique is required.
Literature
CD-rom Forsyth, William: Improvisation Technologies A tool for the Analytical Dance Eye
Evaluation methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on: activity in exercises and class.
Note
This course may be repeated.
Further information
Course may be repeated
Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Fri | 10:45–12:15 | Bohumíra ELIÁŠOVÁ | black studio Hartig Palace |
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Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Choreography (Bc) from 2022/23 (Elective subjects)
- Choreography (Bc) from 2022/23 (Elective subjects)
- Choreografie - Choreografie a režie (Mg) od 2022/23 (Required elective subjects)
- Choreografie (Mg) - Choreografie a režie - SP na dostudování od 2024/25 (Required elective subjects)
- Choreografie - Taneční produkce a organizace (Mg) - od 2022/23 (Required elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (MA) - Methods of Classical Ballet Technique (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (MA) - Modern and Contemporary Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (MA) - Methods of Folk Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (BA - part time) Classical Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (BA - part time) Folk Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (BA - part time) Modern and Contemporary Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (BA - part time) Dance Education (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (BA - part time) Classical Dance from 2022/23 (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (BA - part time) Modern and Contemporary Dance from 2022/23 (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (BA) Folk Dance from 2022/23 (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (Mg) - Classical Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (Mg) - Modern and Contemporary Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Pedagogy (Mg) - Folk Dance (Elective subjects)
- Dance Theory (Bc) - from 2022/23 (Elective subjects)
- Dance Theory (MA) - from 2022/23 (Elective subjects)