Dance Aesthetics 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107TE2 | ZK | 3 | 2T | Czech | summer |
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
The aim is to gain not only a broad but also sovereign scholarly overview of the potential of dance arts in theatre, ability to well orient oneself in the use of adequate terminology in speaking and writing. To distinguish and appreciate individual style characteristics of individual choreographers and dancers.
Mode of study
Presentation of methods of art work analyses and their subsequent use. Moderated discussions. Comparison of examples related to discussions.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Completion of Dance Aesthetics 1. Analytical and abstract thinking skills. Overview of basic theatre theory concepts.
Course contents
Techical-aesthetic principles: Dance technique and aesthetic result, their mutual influence and linkage. Dance „styles“, Dance „Character.“ Technical-aesthetic principles of selected modern „manuscripts.“
Aesthetic dance creations: Specific features, contrasts affecting the subject and object.
Introduction to interpretation theory: Analysis and comparison of individual dance performances, development of interpretation tendencies, so called traditional repertoire.
Recommended or required reading
Janeček, Václav: Tělo a tanec. AMU Praha, 1997
Kazárová, Helena: Ohlédnutí za vývojem klasického tance. In: Ozvěny tance, AMU Praha 1998
Pavlovský, Petr: K pojetí tance v české estetice a obecné teorii umění I-IV. In: Taneční listy 1-4, Praha 1999
Schumacher, Ernst a kol.: Darsteller und Darstellungskunst, Berlin 1981
Váross, Marian: Estetično, umenie a člověk. Tatran Bratislava 1969
Volek, Jaroslav: Otázky taxonomie umění. Étos a afekt. In: Estetika, č. 3-4,1970 a č. 1-2, 1971
Dickie, George: Introduction to aesthetics, an analytical approach. London 1997
Fraleigh, Sondra Horton: Dance and the lived body. London 1996
Richardson, Annie: An aesthetics of Performance: Dance in Hogarth´s Analysis of Beauty. In: Dance Research, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1997, Edinburgh University Press
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on participation in lecture, a written essays and oral exam. The evaluation is comprised of 25% for participation, 25% essay evaluations and 50% for the oral exam.
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
- Choreography (Mg) (required optional subject, optional subject)
- Dance Pedagogy (Mg) (required optional subject, optional subject)
- Dance Pedagogy (Mg) - Classical Dance (required optional subject, optional subject)
- Dance Pedagogy (Mg) - Contemporary Dance (required optional subject, optional subject)
- Dance Pedagogy (Mg) - Folk Dance (required optional subject, optional subject)
- Dance Theory (Mg) (required main subject)