Dance Aesthetics 1

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Subject guarantor:

Václav JANEČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Václav JANEČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To acquire and awareness of aesthetics in relation to dance. The abililty to diagnose these events in dance works. To adopt functional dance work analysis methods.

Mode of study:

Readings and subsequent text presentations. Analysis of recorded choreography works. Discussion. Research in the work reception and perception process.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of General Aesthetics, knowledge of basic aesthetic and arts research terms. Ability to analyze events. A wide cultural view.

Course contents:

A definition of dance in relation to human society: potential definition of dance as a particular human cultural endeavour. Analysis and comparison of definitions. Types of dance function in society.

Dance and Art: Necessary and sufficent conditions for arranging a dance work in art. Recognition and analysis of the function of a dance work based on structuralist theory.

Dance and Theatre: Fundamental and historical relationships between dance and theatre in general. When does dance become theatre? Research of the particular relationship of dance and a theatre presentation. Definition of Ballet. Types of theatre dance pieces and their particulars.

Recommended or required reading:

Mukařovský, Jan: Studie z estetiky. Odeon Praha 1966

Dorfles, Gillo: Proměny umění. Odeon Praha 1976

Novák, Mirko: Od skutečnosti k umění. NČVÚ Praha 1965

Chvatík, Květoslav: Strukturální estetika. Host Brno 2001

Ovsjanikov, M. F. a kol.: Marxisticko-leninská estetika. Svoboda Praha 1977

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

Volek, Jaroslav: Kapitoly z dějin estetiky I. Panton Praha 1985

Schumacher, Ernst a kol.: Darsteller und Darstellungskunst, Berlin 1981

Jůzl, Miloš.-Prokop,Dušan:Úvod do estetiky. Panorama Praha 1969

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on activity in lecture and an analysis of a selected choreographic work and its subsequent defense in discussion.

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Note:

In the 2010/2011 academic year this course is not scheduled.

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Dance Theory (Mg) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)
• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (compulsory subject)