Basic Choreography for Education and Movement Scholarship 1

Subject guarantor:

Ivana DUKIČ

Name of lecturer(s):

Ivana DUKIČ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

This course provides Dance Instruction and Dance Research students with experience in the creation of a choreography from motif concept, creation of the screenplay to the movement performance in the extent corresponding to the experience and needs of the students of those studies.

Mode of study:

Lecture, class, consultations

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Dance experience, knowledge of dance technique and dance theory basics are necessary for completion of this course.

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements for this course.

Course contents:

Course instruction is a practical. Students receive creativity assignments in which they try out individual phases of the creative process. This regards, for example, the dramaturgy aspect of choreography creation (creating a scene and its motivation), developing the content (libretto) and its development into a choreographic script. The length is primarily a short etude. In the first semester, instruction covers primarily the issue of dramaturgic structure (intention, idea, topic, content and creation of the dramaturgical concept) and issues regarding creating dancing figures (characterization, action). The course blends theory of choreography creation principles and practical working processes. Experience in one's creative work is compared to examples of the works of prominent world choreographers.

Recommended or required reading:

Mlíkovská, Jiřina: Choreografické etudy, Praha 1964.

Mlíkovská, Jiřina: Vybrané kapitoly z choreografie, Praha 1990.

Kröschlová, Jarmila: Výrazový tanec, Praha 1964.

Kröschlová, Jarmila: Nauka o pohybu, Praha 1975.

Humphrey, Doris: The Art of Making Dances, New York 1959.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lectures, classes.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on:

Activity in lectures and classes.

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Pedagogika tance (Bc) (next compulsory subject)
• Obor Taneční věda (Bc) (next compulsory subject)