Dance in Religion and Philosophy 1

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107DRP1	credit	3	1 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 66 to 81 hours of self-study	English	winter

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The course introduces students to the place of dance in the cosmogony of ancient cultures and their religious and philosophical systems that still influence contemporary thinking today.

Thematic areas:

Dance as the basis of ancient religious rituals, a form of prayer and meditation.
Zoroastrianism and dance.
Hinduism and dance
Buddhism, Zen Buddhism and dance.
Social status of dancers in different cultures
Dance in the writings of Greek philosophers.

Learning outcomes

The students gain a chronological overview, supplement and deepen their knowledge of world religions in connection with dance rituals, which in many cases still accompany them today and often become sources of inspiration for new works. The student has gained knowledge of other dance cultures and is aware of their specificities and analogies. They can independently prepare a short report for their colleagues on a given topic from the literature. Thanks to the insight into the rules of a different culture, they has gained a new insight into their own culture.

Prerequisites and other requirements

none

Literature

Required reading:

DAVID, Ann. Local Diasporas / Global Trajectories. New Aspects of Religious ‘Performance’ in British Tamil Hindu Practice. Performance Research, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008, 13 (3), 89-99. ISSN 1469-9990.

GOSH, Mnopham (orig. BHARATA-MUNI). The Natyashastra. Sanskrit Text with Transliteration and English Translation. Dilí: Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan, 2002. ISBN 9789385005831. [on-line] https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-natyashastra. [8. 4. 2022]

GRAU, Andrée. Dance and the Shifting Sands of Multiculturalism. In URMIMALA, Sarkar Munsi, ed.: Dance, transcending borders. 2008. ISBN 978-8189487386.

HANNA, Judith Lynn. Cultural Context. In: COHEN, Selma Jeanne, ed.: International Encyclopedia of Dance, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, s. 362-366. ISBN 9780195173697.

HAYASHI, Lucie. Dancing Poetry in Japanese Theatre Movement: Narratives in the Choreography of Hagoromo. In: Dunin, Elsie Ivancich, ed. Dance, Narratives, Heritage. Zagreb: Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, 2015, p. 84-90.

HAYASHI, Lucie. Perception of Dance from the Japanese Body: Sixth Sense of a Dancer – Inner Touch or Outer Sight? In: Stepputat, Kendra, ed. Dance, Senses, Urban Contexts. Graz: Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, 2017. ISBN 978-3-8440-5337-7.

OESTERLEY, W. O. E. Sacred Dance. Dover Publications, 2002. ISBN 978-0486424941.

PARTRIDGE, Christopher. Introduction to World Religions. SPCK Publishing, 2014. ISBN 9780745956879.

PLATO. Euthydemus. Hackett Publishing Co. Inc, 1993. ISBN 9780872202344.

PLATO. The Republic. HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. ISBN 9780008480080.

VAN ZILE, Judy. Perspectives on Korean dance. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, c2001. ISBN 0-8195-6494-X.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Credits are awarded on the basis of a written test of the topics covered on lectures.

Other requirements: activity in class, preparation of a paper on selected topic.

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