Selected in Topics in History of Dance A2

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Subject guarantor:

Dorota GREMLICOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Dorota GREMLICOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The lecture should expand knowledge acquired in the courses Survey of the HIstory of Dance and Ballet and Survey of the History of Ballet in the Czech Lands focusing on component issues of dance of the first half of the 20th century.

Mode of study:

presentation, discussion, text analyses

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Presumed completion of Survey of the History of Dance and Ballet and Survey of the History of Ballet in the Czech Republic. Selected Lectures in the History of Dance A 1 must be completed.

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

Course content originates in the lecture focus; Modern Dance trends or the History of Ballet in the 20th Century. See the detailed syllabus there.

Recommended or required reading:

Martin, John: Modern Dance, New York 1972.

Brandeburg, Hans: Der moderne Tanz, München 1921.

Fokin, Michail: Protiv těčenija, Moskva 1962.

Gremlicová, Dorota: Taneční umění na scénách Nového německého divadla v Praze/ Die Tanzkunst am Neuen deutschen Theater Prag (1888-1938), Praha 2002.

Thomas, Helen: Dance, Modernity and Culture, London, New York 1995.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on:

participation in lectures

assigned readings

oral exam

During the semester assigned readings independent study and participation in lectures are required. The oral exam comprises 90% of the overall grading.

The conditions for successfull completion of the course: reading required literature, participation in lectures, passing of the oral exam.

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Lecture topic: Modern Dance Trends 2

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Choreography (Bc) (compulsory optional subject)
• Dance Theory (Bc) (next compulsory subject)