| CODE | DCS3009 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Choreological Perspectives | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dance Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | An introduction to specific research approaches in the dance and performance studies disciplines, with the use of case studies, to exemplify ways in which the study of dance is developing as a scholarly activity with evolving modes of enquiry, to include: - The body in dance; - Cultures and identities; - Postcolonial studies; - Philosophy Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to extend the students' theoretical work, by introducing them to deeper study of some of the theoretical and methodological stances which have been applied in scholarly dance literature. In general terms, this gives the student opportunities to consider new kinds of approaches to interrogation. - To present a variety of research methods; - To delineate common approaches for investigating dance; - To explore ideas of interpretation, significance and understanding; - To problematise issues of perceptual value: historic, aesthetic and contextual. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - discuss theoretical and methodological stances in scholarly dance literature; - consider new approaches to critically interrogate and investigate issues in dance; - develop, present, and engage with a variety of research methods in written and verbal modalities; - explore ideas related to the interpretation, significance, and investigation of dance theory and practice; - problematise issues of perceptual value in dance in areas historic, aesthetic and contextual. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify appropriate approaches for application to particular case studies; - Apply particular approaches to simple case studies; - Extrapolate and synthesise particular approaches; - Create/design and discuss individual ideas for research topics. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Dodds, Sherril (ed.) (2019) The Bloomsbury Companion to Dance Studies. (London: Bloomsbury). - Franco, S. and M. Nordera. 2007. Dance Discourses: key words in dance research (Routledge). - Giersdorf, Jens Rrichard and Wong, Yutian (Eds.) (2019). The Routledge Dance Studies Reader, Third Edition. (London: Routledge). - Lepecki, André. 2004. Of the presence of the body: Essays on dance and performance theory (Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University). Supplementary Readings: - Bunker, J., Pakes, A. and Rowell, B., (eds). 2013. Thinking through dance: the philosophy of dance performance and practices. (Hampshire: Dance Books Ltd). - Thomas, Helen.1995. Dance, Modernity and Culture: Explorations in the sociology of dance (Routledge). - Pavis, Patrice. 2003. Analysing Performance: Theater, Dance and Film (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan). - Schechner, Richard .2007. Performance Studies: an Introduction (sec.ed.) (New York: Routledge). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paula Guzzanti Ferrer Margherita Borg Buhagiar Margaret Jean Westby Deborah Williams |
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