Dance (KHV/E-DAN)
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- Department / Abbreviation: Department of Music Education/KHV
- Course title: Dance, KHV/E-DAN
- Teacher: Ing. Aneta Burianová
- Lessons (Lectures + Exercises + Seminars): 0 + 2 + 0 [hours/week]
- Number of credits: 8
- Language of instruction: English
- Language of consultation: English
- Level of qualification (Bc., Mgr.): Bc., Mgr.
- Method of completion: Credit
- Semester: Winter
Annotation:
TThe course aims to improve students’ movement, rhythmic skills and coordination, as well as to enhance their cultural awareness through different dance styles of the world. Students will learn basic steps from three groups of world dances: Caribbean, Spanish and Oriental, plus short choreographies from each of them. No previous experience with dancing is necessary; special dress and shoes are also not required. All the dancing is single, without a partner.
Requirements:
75 % attendance;
active participation in excercises, study of choreographies;
final presentation in a group.
Topics:
1.-5. Caribbean dances (salsa, bachata, reggaeton)
6.-9. Spanish dances (sevillanas, flamenco)
10.-12. Oriental dances (bollywood, belly dance)
13. Revision class (all styles)
Literature:
Cohen, S. J.: International Encyclopedia of Dance: a project of Dance Perspectives Foundation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 019509462X.
D'Amboise, J., Hanley, E. A. Latin and Caribbean Dance. Infobase Publishing, 2010. ISBN 160413481X.
Matteo, Goya, C. The Language of Spanish Dance: A Dictionary and Reference Manual. Princeton Book Company, 2003. ISBN 0871272563.
McDonald, C. E., Sellers-Young B. S.: Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity. McFarland, 2013. ISBN 0786473703.
Moore, F., Browmar, B. Folk Dances from Around the World. Alfred Music, 1994. ISBN 0898987768.
Updated: 03. 10. 2022
