DTPL410 Historical Dance

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
12/12/30. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Marcela Grecmanová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jarmila Vondrová
Dance Pedagogy Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Dance Pedagogy Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
EVER ( DTPZ410 Historical Dance )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To overview the development of court and bourgeois dance of the XIVth – XIXth centuries; give characteristics of each time period (genesis and history) and environment; introduce fashion, music, etiquette, choreography; explain steps and analyze certain dances.
Descriptors: students will be able to analyze dance archetypes; name basic structures of historical dances (their genesis and choreography); theoretically and practically handle the diversity of dance repertoir of certain time periods; creatively apply the material on stage.
Syllabus
  • - contents of the subject of historical dance, characteristics of basic terms
  • literature
  • historical dance as a subject in dance education system; application on stage
  • basic steps in historical dance (postural, arm and head habits, walking, pas glissé, pas chasse, pas degage, curtsies and reverences
  • the late Middle Ages dances
  • renaissance – characteristics, social life, costumes, typical dances
  • pavane, gagliardi, volta
  • baroque – characteristics of this period, life and artistic style, typical dances
  • courante
  • rococo – stylized dancing forms, rococo menuet, gavotte, reverences
  • contradances of the 18th century, dancing forms inspired by folk dance, companionable forms of interpretation
  • dancing revolution in the 19th century, basic types of Ballroom Dances (polonaise, waltz, polka, mazurka)
  • Contra dances in the 19th century – basic types
Literature
    recommended literature
  • GRECMANOVÁ, Marcela. Přehled vývoje historických tanců: Strojopis. Bratislava: VŠMU, 1995. info
  • KRÖSCHLOVÁ, E. Dobové tance 16. - 19. století. Praha: SPN, 1981. info
  • RUMLOVÁ, G. Historické tance 15. - 17. století. Praha: SPN, 1977. info
  • TAUBERT, K. Höfische Tänze - Ihre Geschichte und Choreographie. Mainz: Verlag Schott´ Söhne, 1968. info
  • IVANOVSKIJ, A. Balnyj tanec XVI. - XIX. veka. Moskva: Iskusstvo, 1948. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, exercises
Assessment methods
Students get grades based on results of trainings which includes components of the relevant semester content
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro úspěšný zápis předmětu si zaregistrujte též odpovídající předmět v zimním semestru (podle předpokladu "EVER")
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