Dance in Europe after 1945 1

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107EDA1	Z	3	1PT	English	winter

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Name of lecturer(s)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of the development of dance culture in Europe after 1945 in both theoretical and artistic contexts, development of a body of knowledge and the ability to place phenomena in context and to reflect critically on them, familiarity with an extensive body of dance recordings from the period.

Mode of study

lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Course contents

Learning objectives:

The course Dance in Europe after 1945 1 takes the form of a lecture, providing an overview of the development of ballet/artistic dance, especially in Europe in the post-1945 period, and the distinctive tendencies, approaches and forms of artistic dance and other selected issues. It seeks to depict the situation in both parts of the divided Europe, common features and specificities, and mutual interactions. The events in Czechoslovakia are also set in the European context. In addition to the interpretation and study of literature, film footage of choreographic works and other materials form a substantial part of the content. In the first part of the course, the interpretation proceeds chronologically and in a broader cultural and social context.

The aim of the study is to provide students with knowledge of the development and forms of dance art of the immediate past as a basis for understanding the present situation, forms and place of dance in contemporary culture.

Thematic areas:

Periodization, required readings, and other study materials; overview of forms of dance art after 1945 (video excerpts);

Period 1945-1960 - socio-political situation, philosophy and art - phenomenology, structuralism, existentialism, absurd drama, socialist realism;

Dance art 1945-1960: tendencies, personalities, works, comparison between West and East; Maurice Béjart and Roland Petit;

European art and culture of the 1960s; „new“ art, postmodernism; consumerism and mass culture

Dance art of 1960s - new centres (Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Israel), new influences - American modern dance, jazz dance, African and Asian dance cultures;

Dance art in Czech lands in the 1960s – Pavel Šmok, Luboš Ogoun, František Pokorný, Dance company AUS, amateur dance movement – ensembles VUS, Chorea Bohemica - Alena Skálová, pantomime; Comparison of Romeo and Juliet by J. Cranko and M. Kůra;

Social and political situation of the 1970s and 1980s, interpretative approaches in the humanities, cultural anthropology;

Dance art in the Western Europe - new tendencies - minimalism, butoh, structural and contact improvisation, video dance; emigration from the East, boom of personalities – M. Ek, Tanztheater, J. Cranko's pupils, G. Tetley

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance 75%

Study of compulsory literature and videos

Assessment is awarded for an essay on a given topic based on the study materials or video-recordings

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course