Interpretation and Analysis of Folk Dance Recording 2

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107IAFD2	credit	2	1 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 40 to 50 hours of self-study	English	summer

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Learning objective:

The main dance types recorded in our territory in the 19th and early 20th centuries represent cultural dance circuits, which also indicate the appropriate historical context. The aim of the course is to use the records of dance in classical collections to trace the folk dance repertoire in the process of its transformation in time and space. The purpose is to understand the way folk dance culture functions in its socio-cultural context and the role of the individual in shaping the dance repertoire. It is about the interpretation of dance records, recognition of the essence of individual dance types and the laws of their variability. The basic building units of musical accompaniment and dance structure are analysed and continuously put into context with other written sources and data obtained through field research. The course combines practical dance skills, theoretical knowledge, and empirical research. Students' independent activities and their individual contributions to the interpretation of the phenomena under study are an important part of the course. Students master dance notation - kinetography - and apply this knowledge to the notation of selected dances.

Thematic areas:

In the second semester, the course content continues to follow the various dance types existing in our folk dance. It combines practical dance activity, work with notation in dance interpretation and reconstruction, analysis and, where appropriate, kinetic notation. The structural characteristics of each dance type are compared with similar dances from Moravia, Slovakia, or other culturally close areas. The aim is to understand the compositional strategies characteristic of Czech folk dance culture.

Imitative dances with satirical content - furiant; with craft themes - mlynář, švec, tkadlec
Dances whose essence is a social game: triplets - kšandy, mysliveček; group dances - kaplanka, kontratanc
Dances with changing beats
Dances with a fixed or semi-fixed link to the musical accompaniment - dupák, plácavá, kalamajka, řezanka, manžestr
From šotyška (schottische) to polka: polka and its types

Learning outcomes

The course connects practical and theoretical knowledge, deepens the ability to think independently and use the acquired knowledge when working with dance material; deepens the understanding of the internal structure of dances, principles of behaviour in live dancing.

Prerequisites and other requirements

none

Literature

Collections of folk music and dance provided with descriptions (particular issues translated into English ad hoc for the use in the seminar):

SOUKUPOVÁ, Zora. Jihočeské tance I., II. České Budějovice: Krajské kulturní středisko, 1979.

JINDŘICH, Jindřich. Chodský zpěvník I. - VII. Praha: Orbis, 1951-54.

KREJČÍ, Pavel a PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Jarmila. Písně, tance a lidé v Podkrkonoší. Hradec Králové: Kruh, 1984. Kraj.

KREJČÍ, Pavel. Pojizerské a Podještědské písně a tance. Liberec: Severočeské krajské nakladatelství, 1963.

MICHAL, Josef a kol. Písně a tance z Hradecka. Hradec Králové: Krajský dům osvěty, 1959.

RUBLIČ, Alois. Písně a taneční popěvky na Hořicku. In Národopisný sborník okresu hořického. Hořice: Nákladem redakčního komitétu národopisného odboru, 1895, s. 386-400.

HYNEK, Josef M. Národní tance na Hořicku. In Národopisný sborník okresu hořického. Hořice: Nákladem redakčního komitétu národopisného odboru, 1895, s. 412-417.

SUCHÝ, František. Lidové písně a tance z Polabí na Královéměstecku. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1955.

Required reading:

FOLEY, Catherine E. Irish Traditional Step Dancing in North Kerry. A Contextual and Structural Analysis. Listowel: North Kerry Literary Trust, 2012. ISBN 978-0957020146.

GIURCHESCU, Anca a KRÖSCHLOVÁ, Eva. Theory and Method of Dance Form Analysis. In KAEPPLER, Adrienne L. a DUNIN, Elsie Ivancich, eds. Dance Structures. Perspectives on the Analysis of Human Movement. Budapešť: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2007, s. 21-52. ISBN 978-9630585422.

KUNEJ, Rebeka. Štajeriš. Podoba i kontekst slovenskega ljudskega plesa. Lublaň: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2012. Folkloristika 6. ISBN 978-961-254-407-2.

Study material on the theory of folk dance form analysis and e-learning materials on dance analysis and kinetography.

Video recordings of folk dances, dance events from the HAMU library, YouTube and private sources.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The credit is awarded on the basis of continuously completed seminar assignments, preparation of a larger seminar assignment (interpretation of a specific dance according to the notation and its analysis), study of literature and dance records, active participation in the discussion. Participation in the class at least 75%.

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