Ballet in Russia 2

Course unit code:

107BVR2

Course unit title:

Ballet in Russia 2

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

Study plan Obor Pedagogika tance (Bc) – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Obor Choreografie (Mg) – compulsory optional subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

předmět nemá určen ročník studia

Semester when the course unit is delivered

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Božena BRODSKÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Božena BRODSKÁ

Study Objectives:

Předmět se řadí mezi historicky koncipované přednášky, cílem je detailní poznání určité vývojové fáze evrospkého tanečního umění. Předmět doplňuje poznatky získané v přehledových historických přednáškách.

Mode of delivery:

Lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Presumed completion of Survey of the History of Dance and Ballet and Survey of the History of Ballet in the Czech Republic. Course is linked to Ballet in Russia 1.

Recommended optional programme components

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

A presentation of the development of Ballet in Russia continuing the previous lectures. This extensively covers the second half of the 19th century, when the Russian ballet scene experienced exceptional development. In particular this is devoted to Maria Petipa, Lva Ivanova and the composer Peter Illich Tchaikovsky and his collaborators. Another important developmental phase is comprised of the beginning of the 20th century and the activity of artists associated around the Les Ballets Russes ensemble of S. Diaghilev. The lecture devotes attention primarily to the Russian context of their activities, sources, roots and formative phases of development, the reception in Russia. Following the rise of the Soviet Union, the presentation follows the forming of specific education trends created by Agrippina Vaganova. In the choreographic sphese the dramatic ballet is covered which influenced ballet history in Eastern Bloc countries until the end of the 1950s. The newer phase focuses on the pivotal figures such as Jurij Grigorovich.

Study materials:

Fokin, Michail: Memoirs of a Ballet Master, London 1961.

Garafola, Lynn: Diaghilev´s Ballets Russes, New York 1989.

Krasovskaja, Věra: Russkij baletnyj těatr, II, III, Leningerad 1963, 1971-1972.

Lifar, Serge: A History of Russian Ballet, New York 1954.

Brodská, Božena: Dějiny ruského baletu, Praha 1984.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on activity in lectures.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

none

Course web page:

Note:

None

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Obor Pedagogika tance (Bc) (optional subject)
Obor Choreografie (Mg) (optional subject)