Modern and Contemporary Dance Practice 1
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107EMDP1 | credit | 2 | 2 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study | English | winter |
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Contents
Learning objective:
The content of the course Modern and Contemporary Dance Practice Dance 1 leads to the acquisition of practical skills related to creative and improvisational techniques in finding movement material for teaching phrases, dance performances with regard to the movement - dance level of students. At the same time it develops the creative potential of students necessary for their own teaching practice. The Modern and Contemporary Dance Practice course can also be taught in block form, in the form of intensive workshops in a given semester.
The aim is to teach the student to seek and discover inspiration in the external and internal world, to work inventively with individual components of movement such as body, space, time, dynamics or themes (e.g. movement principle etc.) and to shape them in dance compositions. The student can create movement motifs and develop them into shorter choreographic units.
A recommended component of the Modern and Contemporary Dance Practice course is active participation of students in a workshop of a repertory company, contact improvisation, partner dance organized by the Dance Department or other institutions.
Thematic areas:
Practical topics
- Topics for improvisation, method of their grasp
- Improvisation as a means of teaching, a way of creation.
- The relationship between inner and outer space. Kinesphere.
Theoretical topics
- Improvisation in contemporary dance: type of lesson (lesson structure, themes), type of performance.
- Space in R. Laban and W. Forsyth.
- Different possibilities and practices in the use of external space in dance classes.
Learning outcomes
The student will gain practical experience in creating shorter movement units and working creatively with the elements of movement - body, time, space, dynamics. The student will understand the laws of dance composition. The student has a basic overview of various choreographic approaches in modern and contemporary dance based on the examples of choreographies of the world's leading companies.
Prerequisites and other requirements
none
Literature
Required reading:
BREMSER Martha and SANDERS, Lorna, ed.: Fifty Contemporary Choreographers, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2011. 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://www.williamforsythe.com/williamforsythe.html
https://ubu.com/dance/index.html
Evaluation methods and criteria
Credit is awarded on the basis of oral (methodological-didactic interpretation) and practical verification of understanding of the content of the subject, 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).
Additional requirements: 80% attendance, activity in class, portfolio development (includes workshop reflections, dance performance reviews, and retakes from observing classes at public or private dance institutions). Reading of required and recommended readings.
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Dance Pedagogy (MA) - Modern and Contemporary Dance (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)