| CODE | DCS3021 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Dance Analysis | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dance Studies | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Content: Choreographic works or sections of works can be discussed in depth, systematically. Students will learn to clarify the components of dance works; movement, dancers, visual and aural settings. They will be required to identify the internal structure and overall form of a dance: overall structure v detailed sections, and identify elements that make a dance distinctive. The normal purpose or reason for doing analysis lies in the increased understanding and analysis that results. Analysis allows us to: • Give reasons for our opinions, and provide evidence to support it • Ascribe particular qualities to an art work • Offer some means of judging its value Formal analysis allows the possibility of: • A minutely detailed examination of the parts of a dance • a synthesis of the results of detailed observation with contextual knowledge • Evaluation of the dance (valuing it) Students will be introduced to the components of dance and specific language utilised: describing the components of the dance; movement and genre/style; dancers; dynamics; visual/spatial settings; music/accompaniment; functions of dance; relationship of content to form. Students will be expected to develop their study skills, be able to identify key concepts, and develop a glossary of terms through reading and research, taking part in on-line blogs, discussions and seminars on skype, and by presenting a Written Analysis of a choreographic work set by the tutor and viewed on YouTube. Study Unit Aims: To aid competence in the key concepts of dance analysis by: 1. Understanding the components of dance; 2. Describing the components of the dance with appropriate language; 3. Recognizing movement and genre/style; dancers; dynamics; visual/spatial settings; music/accompaniment; 4. Recognizing and describing the structure of dances; 4. Describing the possible functions of particular dance as art form; 5. Understanding the relationship of content to form; 6. Developing a glossary of terms. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate understanding of a selected range of formal frameworks as methodologies for analysis; - appreciate and employ these frameworks; - utilise these frameworks to initiate and undertake the generation and analysis of data and information; - effectively communicate information, opinion and analysis in logical written form. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - recognise, describe, opine and evaluate dance ‘texts’ from a given range of perspectives; -use selected techniques within these frameworks to initiate and undertake the generation and analysis of data and information; - communicate information, opinion and analysis in logical written form. References: Adshead, J (ed) Dance Analysis: Theory and Practice London: Dance Books Chandler, Daniel, (2007) Semiotics the Basics 2nd edition London and New York: Routledge Foster, S L (1986) Reading Dancing; Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance Berkeley, CA: University of California Press Preston- Dunlop, V (1998) Looking at Dances: a choreological perspective on choreography, Kent: Verve |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Online Learning | ||||||||||||||||
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