Dance Aesthetics 2

Course unit code:

107TE2

Course unit title:

Dance Aesthetics 2

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

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

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Helena KAZÁROVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Helena KAZÁROVÁ

Study Objectives:

Cílem je získat nejen široký, ale také výsostně poučený rozhled po možnostech tanečního umění v rámci divadelní tvorby, schopnosti orientace v užívání adekvátních termínů v mluveném a písemném projevu. Rozlišovat a oceňovat individuální stylové charakteristiky jednotlivých choreografů a tanečníků.

Mode of delivery:

Presentation of methods of art work analyses and their subsequent use. Moderated discussions. Comparison of examples related to discussions.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of Dance Aesthetics 1. Analytical and abstract thinking skills. Overview of basic theatre theory concepts.

Recommended optional programme components

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

Techical-aesthetic principles: Dance technique and aesthetic result, their mutual influence and linkage. Dance „styles“, Dance „Character.“ Technical-aesthetic principles of selected modern „manuscripts.“

Aesthetic dance creations: Specific features, contrasts affecting the subject and object.

Introduction to interpretation theory: Analysis and comparison of individual dance performances, development of interpretation tendencies, so called traditional repertoire.

Study materials:

Janeček, Václav: Tělo a tanec. AMU Praha, 1997

Kazárová, Helena: Ohlédnutí za vývojem klasického tance. In: Ozvěny tance, AMU Praha 1998

Pavlovský, Petr: K pojetí tance v české estetice a obecné teorii umění I-IV. In: Taneční listy 1-4, Praha 1999

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

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

Dickie, George: Introduction to aesthetics, an analytical approach. London 1997

Fraleigh, Sondra Horton: Dance and the lived body. London 1996

Richardson, Annie: An aesthetics of Performance: Dance in Hogarth´s Analysis of Beauty. In: Dance Research, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1997, Edinburgh University Press

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture linked to the recognition process.

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on participation in lecture, a written essays and oral exam. The evaluation is comprised of 25% for participation, 25% essay evaluations and 50% for the oral exam.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

none

Course web page:

Note:

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)