Modern and Contemporary Dance Practice 4
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107EMDP4 | Z | 2 | 2CT | English | summer |
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
The student will gain practical experience, understand the laws and procedures in working with a partner or in a group. The student will have a basic overview of different choreographic approaches in modern and contemporary dance based on the examples of choreographies of the world's leading companies.
Mode of study
class
Prerequisites and co-requisites
none
Course contents
Learning objective:
The content of the course Modern and Contemporary Dance Practice 4 leads to the acquisition of practical skills and to the acquisition of professional theoretical knowledge and information concerning methodological procedures in teaching a fragment of modern or contemporary dance choreography with regard to the movement - dance level of students. It can take the form of a solo, duet or group dance. It takes place in a block form of intensive workshops in a given semester.
The aim is to learn to grasp the essence of the choreographic fragment studied, to understand the author's handwriting. Emphasis is also placed on knowledge of content and context. In the context of a duet or group dance, the student learns to conduct a non-verbal dialogue between two or more bodies in a creative way (i.e. abandoning movement stereotypes), while consciously respecting the biomechanical laws of the human body and logically exploiting physical laws. Precision and detail in technique are emphasized. It teaches sensitive listening to the partner in action and reaction, awareness of the common space and openness of the senses - peripheral perception.
A recommended component of the Modern and Contemporary Dance Practice course is active participation by students in a workshop of a repertory company, contact improvisation, or partner dance organized by the Dance Department or other institutions.
Thematic areas:
Practical topics
- Joint pace-rhythm of partners
- Grip, support points
- Leverage
Theoretical topics
- Aesthetics and work of modern and contemporary choreographers in the repertoire of major ballet companies, e.g. Jiri Kylián, Christopher Bruce, Mats Ek, Sasha Waltz, Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Akram Khan, Mauro Bigonzetti, Hofesh Shechter, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui etc.)
Recommended or required reading
Required reading:
BREMSER Martha and SANDERS, Lorna, ed.: Fifty Contemporary Choreographers, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2011. ISBN 9780415380829.
NOVACK, Cynthia J. Sharing the dance: contact improvisation and American culture. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990. ISBN 9780299124403.
REEVE, Justine Diane. Dance improvisation: Warm ups, Games and Choreographic tasks. 1. Human Kinetics Publishers, 2011. ISBN 9781492578369.
SERREBRENIKOV, Nicolai. The art of pas de deux. Transl. by Joan Lawson, London: Dance Books 1978, ISBN 0-903102-46-3.
TUFNELL, Miranda. Body Space Image. 1. Dance Books, 1993. ISBN 1852730412.
E-learning:
https://batsheva.co.il/en/about?open=ohas_naharin
https://www.akramkhancompany.net/
https://www.maurobigonzetti.com/en/
Assessment methods and criteria
The credit is awarded on the basis of oral (methodological-didactic interpretation) and practical verification of understanding of the content of the course, which may take the form of a demonstration of own practical exercise or presentation of a dance-movement phrase (created as a result of own creative work) or a selected choreographic fragment.
Additional requirements: 80% attendance, activity in class, portfolio development (includes workshop reflections, dance performance reviews, and reports from observation of teaching at public or private dance institutions). Reading of required and recommended readings.
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course