Dance Techniques 2

Subject guarantor:

Monika DIATTA-REBCOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Monika DIATTA-REBCOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Lessons of modern dance by Monika Rebcová for beginners contains and introduction to basic dance techniques of the dance instructors and choreographers Jose Limon and Merce Cunningham.

Mode of study:

Instruction of more complex and longer movement phrases in place and movement in a space. Arrangement of small and large jumps (leaps, skips)

Instruction in one lesson both techniques focused so that they mutually complement each other.

Limon technique instructing so-called dance-body so in movement there is a alternations of tenseness and relaxing. The Cunningham Technique places demands on holding the body, precise form of body placement and its parts in a space for better awareness of dancer movement, training muscles necessary for healthy and proper movement and dance, linking thought and developing movement intelligence.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components:

Course contents:

Instruction in more complex movement phrases and joining movement of individual parts of the body into a coordinated overall movement of the whole body and using the weight of the head, arms, trunk, hips or leg using gravity in movement in a space.

Recommended or required reading:

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% class attendance 2 hours per week and at the weekly workshop organinzed in the exam period. Completion of the exam at the end of the semester for receipt of a grade in the form of a test.

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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:

• Herectví se zaměřením na autorskou tvorbu a pedagogiku (Mgr.) (optional subject)
• Herectví se zaměřením na autorskou tvorbu a pedagogiku (Bc.) (optional subject)