History of Dance and Ballet in Bohemia 2

Subject is not scheduled Not scheduled

Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Contents

The course Overview of the History of Ballet in Bohemia 2 is a continuation of the course Overview of the History of Ballet in Bohemia 1, which is a prerequisite for enrolment. The course takes the form of an overview lecture dealing with the development of dance in the Czech Republic from the beginning of the 19th century to 1989. Emphasis is placed on the development of theatrical dance and new artistic dance styles in the modern period, which are viewed in the context of other forms of dance and other artistic disciplines. Particular attention is paid to the formation of a specifically Czech theatrical dance culture and its links to the European dance scene, as well as to the relationship between dance culture and other forms of culture in the Czech environment.

The aim of the study is to provide students with knowledge about the place of dance culture in the spectrum of Czech artistic activity, to help them understand the specifics of the historical development of dance art, their causes and consequences for the current situation of dance in the Czech Republic.

Thematic areas:

• Ballet in Bohemia in the Romantic and Post-Romantic periods, the development of ballet on Prague stages (the Estates Theatre), the penetration and acclaim of foreign ballet (guest appearances of Romantic-style performers on Czech stages), the links between the national revival movement and dance and ballet (patriotic balls, the phenomenon of national dances such as the polka, the transfer of national dances to the stage in the work of Johann Raab and other artists); the formation of Czech theatre dance within the Provisional Theatre;
• Ballet in the last third of the 19th century: new conditions for the development of ballet at the National Theatre; the reaction of the Czech environment to the tendencies of ballet at the end of the century; the influence of the Italian school in Bohemia (Excelsior); the development of Czech-German cultural relations; ballet within the Neues deutsches Theater in Prague; theoretical reflection on ballet; efforts to create a purely Czech ballet repertoire in relation to the National Exhibition;
• The period of the early 20th century as a transitional period in the development of artistic dance: the search for new artistic methods - the activities of Achille Viscusi at the National Ballet Theatre in Prague, the penetration of the first manifestations of dance modernism into the Czech environment (guest appearances by I. Duncan, R. St. Denis, Les Ballets Russes by S. Diaghilev, the founding of the Jaques-Dalcroze Society in the period before World War I);
• Artistic dance in the interwar period: formation of ballet companies of newly founded Czech theatres, manifestations of dance modernism in Bohemia, foreign influences, private schools of artistic dance and dance groups, dance art within avant-garde and stone theatres, main personalities, Joe Jenčík.
• Changes in artistic dance after World War II: formation of state education, Soviet influence, the 1960s generation, development of dance art until the end of the 20th century, amateur artistic dance movement, main personalities - Saša Machov, Ivo Váňa Psota, Pavel Šmok, Jiří Kylián, etc.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the development of dance culture in the Czech environment in the context of domestic culture and international dance events, developing the volume of knowledge and the ability to put phenomena into context and think critically about them, acquaintance with Czech dance history literature.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Overview of History of Dance and Ballet 1, 2

Literature

e-learning materials: https://moodle.amu.cz/course/view.php?id=315

Set of PowerPrint presentations and texts on the selected topics from the History of dance in Bohemia.

Web sites of Czech ballet and dance companies, dance projects, personalities, schools and other institutions dealing with dance.

Entries on Czech dance topics in COHEN, Selma Jean. International Encylopedia of Dance. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 9780195173697.

Required reading:

GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota. Traditional dance as a phenomenon inside the Czech modernism. In Dance, Gender and Meanings. Contemporizing Traditional Dance. Praha: AMU,Etnochoreologický ústav AV ČR, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7331-236-7.

GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota. Isadora in Bohemian Spas (Forgotten Events). In Remembering Isadora Duncan. Budapest 2002. pp. 63 - 69. ISSN 1586-4537.

LANZ, Isabelle. A garden of dance. A monography on the work of Jiří Kylián 20 years at Netherlands Dans Theater (1975 - 1995). Den Haag, Nederlands Dans Theater, Theater Instituut Nederland, 1995. ISBN 90-70892-36-7.

NEČASOVÁ, Natálie. Dance at Local Theatre Venues in 1918. Taneční aktuality Speciální vydání 2018, Výročí českého tance. Praha, Taneční aktuality o.p.s., 2018. ISBN 978-80-270-4563-1.

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela. The Polka as a Czech National Symbol. In BAKKA, Egil and Theresa Jill BUCKLAND and Helena SAARIKOSKI and Anne von BIBRA WHARTON. Waltzing Through Europe. Open Book Publishers, 2020. ISBN 978-1-78374-733-7. (https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0174/ch5.xhtml)

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela. The oldest records of Czech traditional dances: Rethinking dancescape. In: FISKVIK, Anne Margrete and STRANDEN, Marit (ed). (Re)Searching the Field. Festschrift in Honour of Egyl Bakka. Trondheim: Fagbokforlaget, 2014. ISBN 9788232103713.

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela. Traditional Czech Dancing in Historical Perspective. In ÖZTÜRKMEN, Artu (ed.). Müzik Kültur ICTM 20th Etnochoreology Symposium Proceedings. Istanbul, 1998.

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela. The Polka versus the Waltz. Czech National Dances in the Political Context of the Neniteenth Centruy. Traditiones 44, 2. pp. 91 - 112.

STAVĚLOVÁ, Daniela. Traditional Dancing on the Stage: Seeking Authenticity. In IVANCICH DUNIN, Elsie and Daniela STAVĚLOVÁ and Dorota GREMLICOVÁ and Zdeněk VEJVODA. Contemporizing Traditional Dance. Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology 2010. Prague 2012, pp. 249 - 256. ISBN 978-80-7331-236-7.

ŠTÚROVÁ, Monika. Milča Mayerová, a Pioneer of the Laban Method in the Czech Lands. Taneční aktuality Speciální vydání 2018, Výročí českého tance. Praha, Taneční aktuality o.p.s., 2018. ISBN 978-80-270-4563-1.

Recommended reading:

BRODSKÁ, Božena. Dějiny baletu v Čechách a na Moravě do roku 1945. Praha: AMU 2006. ISBN 80-7331-047-3.

BŘEZAN, Václav. Životy posledních Rožmberků. Praha: Svoboda 1985.

BUREŠOVÁ, Lucie. Tanec v prostředí aristokratického rodu Schwarzenberků na přelomu 18. a 19. století. Svědectví krumlovských pramenů. In: KOL. Tanec a společnost. Praha: AMU, 2009, s. 108–117. ISBN 978-80-7331-162-9.

ČERNÝ, František. Divadlo v Kotcích. Praha: Panorama, 1992. ISBN 80-7038-210-4.

Dějiny českého divadla, I-IV, Praha: Academia, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1983.

GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota. Tanec jako předmět literární debaty v Čechách na přelomu 18. a 19. století. Nad spisem Ueber Anstand, Schönheit und Grazie im Tanz. Živá hudba, 5, 2014, s. 118-128. ISSN 0514-7735, ISBN 978-80-7331-334-0.

GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota ed. Stopy tance: taneční prameny a jejich interpretace. Praha: AMU, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7331-118-6.

GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota ed. Stopy tance: taneční prameny a jejich interpretace. Praha: AMU, 2008, s. 24–30. ISBN 978-80-7331-118-6.

JAKUBCOVÁ, Alena. Starší divadlo v českých zemích do konce 18. století. Osobnosti a díla. Praha: Divadelní ústav; Academia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7008-201-0.

KAZÁROVÁ, Helena. Barokní balet ve střední Evropě. Praha: AMU, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7331-130-8. (Speciálně s. 34–41; 97–109; 136–155).

KAZÁROVÁ, Helena. Kdo byl Johann Baptista Danese. Taneční listy, 29, 1991, č. 1, s. 15; č. 2, s. 13. ISSN 0039-937X.

KAZÁROVÁ, Helena. Šlechtická divadla a tanec. Taneční listy, 31, 1993, č. 5, s. 14; č. 6, s. 14. ISSN 0039-937X.

KOL. Tanec a společnost. Praha: AMU, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7331-162-9.

LOMNICKÝ, Šimon z Budče. Tanec, anebo traktát skrowný o tancy. Wytisstěn w Starém Městě Pražském: v Giřijka Nygrina, [1597].

MACEK, Josef. Jagellonský věk v českých zemích. I, II. Praha: Academia 2001. ISBN 80-200-0895-0.

MACEK, Josef. Jagellonský věk v českých zemích. III. Praha: Academia 1998. ISBN 80-200-0629-X.

MACEK, Josef. Jagellonský věk v českých zemích. IV. Praha: Academia1999. ISBN 80-200-0699-0.

PÁTKOVÁ, Hana. Tanec ve středověkých Čechách. Písemné prameny městské a církevní provenience. In:

SMUGALOVÁ, Zuzana; GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota; BUREŠOVÁ, Lucie. Mísa zvaná Hroznatova. Taneční motivy na dílech středověkého uměleckého řemesla. In: GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota ed. Stopy tance: taneční prameny a jejich interpretace. Praha: AMU, 2008, s. 31–41. ISBN 978-80-7331-118-6.

SCHERL, Adolf. Berufstheater in Prag 1680 – 1739. Wien: Verl. d. Österr. Akad. d. Wiss. 1999. ISBN 978-3-7001-2799-4.

SPECHT, Bernard. Ueber Anstand, Schönheit und Grazie im Tanz. Prag 1789.

STRATILOVÁ URVÁLKOVÁ, Eva; STRATIL, Petr. Neznámá známá Waldmädchen. Balet Pavla Vranického. In: KOL. Tanec a společnost. Praha: AMU, 2009, s. 49–67. ISBN 978-80-7331-162-9.

ZÍBRT, Čeněk. Jak se kdy v Čechách tancovalo. Praha: F. Šimáček 1895; Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1960.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Credit in the form of a written test as a condition for access to the examination.

Oral examination covering the material covered in the courses Overview of the History of Ballet in Bohemia 1 and 2.

Other requirements: 80% attendance, activity in class, study of required literature.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Classical Ballet Technique - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Modern and Contemporary Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Folk Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)