Dance workshop

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Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Marie ADAMOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Seminar offers basic orientation in the area of artistic dance, focused on the needs of theatre criticism. Student become aquainted with basic dance technics and approaches, their specifics and their common historical kontext. Student is able to recognize and articulate components of dance performance and their specifics in connection with theatre theory.

Mode of study:

Block seminar, total 18 hours.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None.

Course contents:

Seminar is focused on the ability to observe dance and to articulate these sensations. Each block is devided into two parts: practical (dance class focused on chosen dance technics) and theoretical (observing and articulating of dance footages). During the seminar student orally presents an essay on given dance history topic and prepares a written piece about one the dance footages.

Recommended or required reading:

Brodská, B.: Vybrané kapitoly z dějin tance I. a II. díl, AMU, Praha, 1980

Copeland, R.: Merce Cunningham, Routledge, New York, 2004

Kassing, G.: History Of Dance: an Interactive Arts Approach, Human Kinetic, 2007

Kovářová, M.: Technika José Limóna, VŠMU, Bratislava, 2013

Petišková, L.; Vangeli, N.: Čítanka světové choreografie, Duncan Centre, Praha, 2005

Rey, J.: Jak se dívat na tanec, Vyšehrad, Praha, 1947

Thoms, V.: Martha Graham, Intellect, Bristol, 2013

Traguth, F.: Modern Jazz Dance, Dance Motion, New York, 1983

Warren, L.: Lester Horton, M. Dekker, New York, 1977

Assessment methods and criteria:

-active presentation,

-oral essay,

-written essay/reflection.

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Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (required subject)