Historical Dance Scholarship Seminar 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107SHT1 | Z | 6 | 1T | Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course aim is to acquaint students with the basic procedures and principles of working with history, a range of resources for dance study, institutions, manners of organization and design of a professional study of dance topics.
Mode of study
Discussion, analysis of writing and other types of sources, excursions, course assignments.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
This course requires a good bearing in historical dance issues, and completion of Survey of the History of Dance and Ballet.
Course contents
In the first semester students are introduced to variability and manners of analysis using dance resources.Also used, among others, are previous course papers of analyses of selected resources. The Czech situation is compared to the rest of the world. Further students are presented with important collections of dance sources of varying nature, preserved in Czech institutions such as collections of dance programs (National Museum Archives), National Theatre ballet ensemble archives (Archiv ND), printed ballet librettos from various historical periods or dance mementos of the Česky Krumlov state castle archive. During the semester the students are given assignments regarding working with particular sources (collections of sources) related to Czech dance history which require the use of history analysis methods.
Recommended or required reading
Adshead-Landsdale, Janet; Layson, June eds.: Dance History. An Introduction, London, New York 1994.
Cohen, Selma Jeanne ed.: Dance as a Theatre Art: Source Readings in Dance History from 1581 to the Present, New York 1977.
Schwartz, J. L.; Schlundt, C. L.: French Court Dance and Dance Music: A Guide to Primary Source Writings, 1643-1789, Stuyvesant, New York 1987.
Zíbrt, Čeněk: Jak se kdy v Čechách tancovalo, Praha 1895, 1960.
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on:
Class participation
completion of course assignments
readings
During the semester class participation, completion of course assignments and reading are required.
Requirements for successful completion of the course: completion of course assignments, readings, independent work with information resources.
Note
None
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Dance Theory (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)