Methodology of Modern Dance 5

Subject guarantor:

Andrea OPAVSKÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Andrea OPAVSKÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Development of teaching ablitiies and skills in the instruction of contemporary dance technique and formation of individual teaching style.

Mode of study:

Exercises, analysis of recorded media samples, discussion.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of Modern Dance Methods 1-4 (for bachelor study graduates at the Dance Dept.). For Dance Education Master's students from other higher institutions of learning a high level of movement skills in modern dance techniques is required (Graham, Limon, Cunningham, Contemporary) and execution of the education performance in the entrance process.

Recommended optional programme components:

A recommended elective element is participation in trade seminars and workshops arranged by other professional organizations.

Course contents:

Modern dance methods means an understanding of the uniqueness of this dance branch, its blending with other influences, creative approach in instruction, finding one's educational style.

1. Verifying methods and instruction knowledge and skills in dance instruction

2. Integration of various movement styles

3. Analysis of student instruction performance.

Recommended or required reading:

Feldenkrais, Moshé: Awarness through movement (Pohybem k sebeuvědomění). Praha, 1996

Lewis, Daniel: The Illustrated Dance Technique of José Limón. New York, 1984

Schurr, Gertrude; Yoccom, Rachael D.: Modern Dance. Techniques and Teaching. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1949

Horosko, Marianne: Martha Graham. The Evolution of her Dance Theory and Training. Pennington, 1991

Stewart, Virginia: Modern Dance. New York, 1991

Stodelle, Ernestine: The Dance technique of Doris Humphrey. Princeton, 1978

Warren, Larry: Lester Horton, Modern Dance Pioneer. New York, 1991

Cohan Robert, The Dance Workshop. London, 1986

Cohen, Bonnie Bainbridge: Sensing, Feeling, and Action. Northampton, 1993.

Novack, Cynthia Jean: Sharing the Dance. Madison, 1990.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

exercises, classes

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on: participation in exercises and in class, a written preparation for a teaching peformance and subsequent evaluation of its course (self-review).

Course web page:

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Note:

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Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

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Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Pedagogika tance (Mg) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)