Dance Aesthetics 2

Subject guarantor:

Václav JANEČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Václav JANEČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim is to gain not only a broad but also sovereign scholarly overview of the potential of dance arts in theatre, ability to well orient oneself in the use of adequate terminology in speaking and writing. To distinguish and appreciate individual style characteristics of individual choreographers and dancers.

Mode of study:

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.

Recommended or required reading:

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.

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