Folk Dance Training 9

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107EFDT9	credit	2	2 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study	English	winter

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Learning objective:

Folk dance training in its top form for advanced dancers develops the fitness and stamina of the dancer.

The aim of the study is to prepare students technically for the professional use of folk dances with maximum emphasis on awareness of the differences between the different folklore areas.

The training is aimed at the maximum deepening of the knowledge of dance steps and their variations: students are introduced to other dance steps and their regional differences. Technically, they try to approximate the character of the step of a given area as much as possible.

Thematic areas:

Steps are practiced in larger and more complex links and more complicated floor plans for technical proficiency.

Dance steps: the Lachian polka, elements of Wallachian and Lachian odzemek, cifry verbuňku, mazur - polka, polka ruška and other special dance steps.

For each individual area there is a movement preparation, which the students go through before the whole dances from that area are performed. The execution of one step in different folklore areas can be very different, so the audience has the opportunity to explore the differences. These are the cornerstone for the colourfulness of our folk dance.

Dances of other regions and their local variants: the most typical dances that are discussed from each region: Central Bohemia - Dupák, Pětičtvrteční, Kalamajka; East Bohemia - Křižák, Ruská polka (double polka); West Bohemia - Furiant, Rokycanská, Pantoflíčky, Talián; South Bohemia - Doudlebská polka, Přibíračka; Silesia - Čihaný, Vrtek; Lachia - Dratenik, Ondraš, Dymak, Kohut; Wallachia - Janosik, Starodávný, Raubšícký, Šotyška; Moravian Slovakia - Sedlácké, Sedlácké, Verbuňk. For some dances we look for more variants, compare them and then enrich them with our own ideas, modifications and changes that are suitable for the dance.

Learning outcomes

The student knows the information about the region, its processing and use in teaching folk dances, in preparing materials for teaching folk dance. The student is able to perform the dances and their variants in practice. He/she is able to describe technical exercises and explain the nature of individual dances. The course extends the already covered material with more complicated dance material and dances from other folklore areas.

Prerequisites and other requirements

none

Literature

Required reading:

BONUŠ, František. The Golden gate is open : 10 beginning of folk dances from the Czech and Slovak Republics for childrenand adults with DVD and CD. Volume I. 1. vyd. Pinnacle: Edward J.P. O'Connor, 2012. ix, 92 s. ISBN 978-0-578-10552-9.

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Evaluation methods and criteria

Active participation in lessons, knowledge of the discussed steps, dances, their connections and variations.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

Dance Pedagogy (MA) - Methods of Classical Ballet Technique (Required elective subjects)
Dance Pedagogy (MA) - Modern and Contemporary Dance (Required elective subjects)
Dance Pedagogy (MA) - Methods of Folk Dance (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)