DVHs139 Dance

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Pavlišová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 G01
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The content of lectures will be oriented on development and changes of modern dance and its most significant authors. Special attention will be dedicated to contemporary dance, which - except other things - requires also knowledge of theoretical concepts by individual choreographers
Syllabus
  • Curriculum/Topics of lectures:
  • 1) Introduction to studies of dance, basic concepts and their correct interpretation
  • 2) Classic dance versus modern dance?
  • 3) Isadora Duncan and her "refusal" of classic dance
  • 4) Pioneers of modern dance
  • 5) Dance as an individual testimony of dancer
  • 6) "Tanztheater" and its forms
  • 7) Avant-gardistic dance - Analysis of the dance essence
  • 8) Contemporary dance - expressions of the actual dance, the significant authors and their dance-formations
  • 9) International festivals of dance
  • 10) Modern and contemporary dance in CZ
Literature
  • Čítanka světové choreografie 20. století : [studijní texty Konzervatoře Duncan Centre. Edited by Ladislava Petišková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Konzervatoř Duncan Centre, 2005, 207 s. ISBN 8023964127. info
  • Český taneční slovník :tanec, balet, pantomima. Edited by Jana Holeňová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2001, xlii, 381. ISBN 80-7008-112-0. info
  • KRÖSCHLOVÁ, Jarmila. Výrazový tanec. Praha: Orbis, 1964. info
  • SIBLÍK, Emanuel. Tanec : projev života a umění. Praha: F. Topič, 1917. info
  • BURIAN, Karel Vladimír. Hvězdy baletu : stopami vývoje a proměn baletního umění. Illustrated by Jarmila Maťátková. 1. vyd. Praha: Panton, 1971, 221 s. URL info
Assessment methods
lectures
exam: oral exam + one dance-production analysis
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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