Dance Aesthetics 1

Course unit code:

107TE1

Course unit title:

Dance Aesthetics 1

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

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

Level of course unit:

Year of study

Study plan Obor Taneční věda (Mg) – 1st year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Helena KAZÁROVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Helena KAZÁROVÁ

Study Objectives:

Získat povědomí o estetických jevech ve vztahu k tanci, schopnosti tyto jevy diagnostikovat v konkrétních tanečních dílech. Osvojit si metody funkční analýzy tanečních děl.

Mode of delivery:

Readings and subsequent text presentations. Analysis of recorded choreography works. Discussion. Research in the work reception and perception process.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of General Aesthetics, knowledge of basic aesthetic and arts research terms. Ability to analyze events. A wide cultural view.

Recommended optional programme components

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

A definition of dance in relation to human society: potential definition of dance as a particular human cultural endeavour. Analysis and comparison of definitions. Types of dance function in society.

Dance and Art: Necessary and sufficent conditions for arranging a dance work in art. Recognition and analysis of the function of a dance work based on structuralist theory.

Dance and Theatre: Fundamental and historical relationships between dance and theatre in general. When does dance become theatre? Research of the particular relationship of dance and a theatre presentation. Definition of Ballet. Types of theatre dance pieces and their particulars.

Study materials:

Mukařovský, Jan: Studie z estetiky. Odeon Praha 1966

Dorfles, Gillo: Proměny umění. Odeon Praha 1976

Novák, Mirko: Od skutečnosti k umění. NČVÚ Praha 1965

Chvatík, Květoslav: Strukturální estetika. Host Brno 2001

Ovsjanikov, M. F. a kol.: Marxisticko-leninská estetika. Svoboda Praha 1977

Váross, Marian: Estetično, umenie a člověk. Tatran Bratislava 1969

Volek, Jaroslav: Otázky taxonomie umění. Étos a afekt. In: Estetika, č. 3-4,1970 a č. 1-2, 1971

Volek, Jaroslav: Kapitoly z dějin estetiky I. Panton Praha 1985

Schumacher, Ernst a kol.: Darsteller und Darstellungskunst, Berlin 1981

Jůzl, Miloš.-Prokop,Dušan:Úvod do estetiky. Panorama Praha 1969

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on activity in lecture and an analysis of a selected choreographic work and its subsequent defense in discussion.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

none

Course web page:

Note:

In the 2010/2011 academic year this course is not scheduled.

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 (Mg) (compulsory optional subject)
Obor Choreografie (Mg) (compulsory optional subject)
Obor Taneční věda (Mg) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)