BCDA Dance Studies – 2017/2018 – Group A

Angelus Iván | 2017. 11. 04. | Egyéb | Nincs hozzászólás

COURSE OBJECTIVE

To gain and enrich skills for critically observing and analysing the current dance field; familiarising with the most acknowledged choreographers, the available resources, various learning methods of academic/creative writing in accordance to dance, and moreover to be able to adapt (philosophical & socio-political) theories to stage/choreographic practices. To raise awareness and enthusiasm for reading and writing beside the inevitable studio work. To widen the perspectives, and meanwhile to engage in details and in-depth research.

COURSE OUTLINE

– 1st semester:

Mapping the field – subcategories (e.g. Dance on Screen, Dance Education, Dance Science, Dance Philosophy); introducing and discussing general terms and ideas (e.g. ‘dance’, ‘traditional’, ‘classical’).

Familiarising the students with thinking structures of the most prominent dance scholars (publishing in English), and with the available resources (from online publications, through the local library, to the OSZMI Dance Archive)

– 2nd semester:

20th century Western theatre dance history acknowledged through studying a particular notion: dancing ‘freely’ and ‘naturally’, or the sense of free and natural body (occasional studio presence)

Analysing the practices – both training and performances – of Isadora Duncan, Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, figures of the Judson Dance Theatre and the Grand Union e.g. Yvonne Rainer and Steve Paxton, Anna Halprin and somatics practitioners, the conceptual dance makers e.g. Jerome Bel and Xavier Le Roy).

ASSESSMENT TASK

– After the fall break: prepare with a keynote speech that shares your opinion whether it is worth to preserve/safeguard the "past" (traditions) and if yes, what are best modes for it.

– After the winter break: submitting and essay (min. 3000 n ~ 1,5 page) about a seen performance and divided in 3 paragraphs: (1) description, (2) opinion, (3) questions

– June 2018: roundtable oral exam about a chosen performance (in 3-4 groups)