Modern Dance - Selected Methods 4

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Subject guarantor:

Libuše OVSOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Libuše OVSOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. Development of teaching abilities and skills in modern dance instruction technique.

2. Integration of those techiques with other dance techniques.

3. Formation of individual teaching style.

Mode of study:

Exercises, media recording analyses, discussion

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of Selected Methods in Modern Dance 3.

Course contents:

Modern dance method means and understanding of the uniqueness of this dance branch, its blending with other influences, creative approach to instruction, finding one's teaching style.

1. Introduction to fundamental modern dance technique principles (Graham)

2. Introduction to individual elements of that technique

3. Method and education procedures in their instruction

4. A creative approach to instructing modern dance.

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; Yocom, R.D.:Modern Dance (Techniques and teaching)

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

Stewart, Virginia, comp.: Modern Dance, New York 1991

Stodelle, Ernestine: The Dance Technique of Doris Humphrey, Princetown 1978

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

Cohan, Robert: The Dance Workshop, London 1986

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on: participation in exercises and in class. A written preparation of an education peformance and its subsequent assessment is necessary for the exam.

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