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ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS IN PRAGUE

Dance Scholarship, pro-seminar 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
107PTVE1 Z 6 2/T Czech winter
Subject guarantor:
Helena KAZÁROVÁ
Name of lecturer(s):
Helena KAZÁROVÁ
Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The course should provide students with a basic bearing in dance research, introduce research institutions and their resources, prepare for one's professional work. In the course students are guided in the preparation of their course paper for the exam before the dean's commission.

Mode of study:

Classes, discussion, text analyses, written work, excursions.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements. A good bearing in dance issues is requested.

Course contents:

The course is focused primarily on the independent work of the students on partial tasks. In these they check their skills in the critical reading of literature and sources acquiring basic research experience, working procedures and habits. In the course there are excursions to selected institutions such as The Theatre Institute in Prague (documentation dept., library), National Museum in Prague (theatre dept, library, archive), The Museum of Czech Music, The Baroque Theatre in Český Krumov, etc. Other activities are an introduction to the library collections in Czech libraries, internet information sources, foreign institutions involved with dance research and documentation, international dance research associations and their activities. Part of instruction is the management of computer technology including PowerPoint presentation preparations.

Recommended or required reading:

Laiske, Miroslav: Divadelní periodika v Čechách a na Moravě 1772-1963, Praha 1967.

Horová-Glosová, Jarmila: soupis knih o tanci I, Praha 1960.

Kofránková, Jiřina: soupis knih o tanci II, Praha 1968.

Petermann, Kurt: Tanzbibliographie, 1-6, 1966-1987.

Au, Susan: Resources for dance historians: a selected list of bibliographies since 1960. Dance research Journal, 11, 1979, Nr. 2 and 3, 76-78.

Derra de Moroda, F.: The Dance Library: A Catalogue, Munich 1982.

Forrester, F. S.: Ballet in England: A Bibliography and Survey, c. 1700-June 1966, London 1968.

Magriel, Paul: A Bibliography of Dancing: A List of Books and Articles on the Dance and Related Subjects, New York 1974.

Dictionary Catalogue of the Dance Collection 1974 with Annual Supplements entitled Bibliographic Guide to Dance, New York Public Library, New York 1974 (a dodatky).

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on:

class participation

completion of assignments

work on a text study for testing before the dean's committee.

During the semester independent reading, competion of course assignments, consistent work on the written study are required. The overall grading is comprised of these items.

Conditions for successfull completion of this course: class participation, study of the literature and other resources, management of the written study in the content, formality, language and methodology aspects.

Course web page:
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Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:
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Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:
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The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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