Modern Dance Techniques 4

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Subject guarantor:

Libuše OVSOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Libuše OVSOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

This course introduces student to the basics of the Jose Limon technique, its basic priniciples: succession, opposition, fall-rebound, fall-recovery, suspension, isolation. Emphasis is place on a proper understanding of the principle from which this movement take arose.

In the instruction of this technique it is very important to constantly follow that the students don't create form but follow the principle of releasing potential energy and it conversion into kinetic energy.

Mode of study:

Exercises

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of Modern Dance Technique 3.

Course contents:

Development of exercises

Elements covered in the previous semester are complemented with successional arms, twist, spiral, accelerated tempo. Rotations are enriched through exercises.

Variations and jump combinations

Use of longer and more complex phrases,

Attentions is paid to the proper execution of the principles.

Recommended or required reading:

Daniel Lewis The illustrated dance technique of Jose Limon, 1984

E.Stodelle:The dance technique of Doris Humphrey

E. Stodelle:The dance technique of José Limon

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on: activity in exercises.

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Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

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Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

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