Pedagogical pre-seminar 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
107KPPR1 credit 4 10 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 93 to 113 hours of self-study Czech winter

Subject guarantor

Bohumíra ELIÁŠOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s)

Bohumíra ELIÁŠOVÁ

Department

The subject provides Dance Department

Contents

Information on the combined form:

The course is taught in a combined form of contact and non-contact teaching in a ratio of approximately 1:9, i.e. 90 hours of distance learning and 10 hours of full-time study per semester.

The content of the Pedagogical Proseminar 1 aims at a deeper understanding and mastery of working with music. The teaching emphasizes the practical acquisition of music-movement principles and the extension of music-movement skills that foster a deeper connection between dance and music.

The course is linked to the content of the courses Theory and History of Music, Classical Dance, Modern and Contemporary Dance, Folk Dance and Dance Education. It is taught on a two-semester basis.

Thematic areas

Rhythm - note values, beat, metre, phrases, alternation of heavy and light time, syncopation, pulsation, characteristics of dance rhythms

Tempo - speeding up, slowing down, dash

Dynamics - dynamic degrees, changes, scales, quality of movement in relation to the dynamics of the music

Vertical and horizontal musical relationships - harmonic-melodic relationships, expression of melody through movement, effect of melody and harmony on dance expression

Basic principles and methods of the Orff School and the basics of body percussion

The aim of the course is to understand and practically master the musical and movement concepts and principles necessary for teaching dance. In the first semester, students will become practically familiar with various musical concepts and their relationship to movement.

Learning outcomes

Students acquire tools for developing rhythmicity, musicality and musical taste, the application of which they will demonstrate in practical exercises.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Corequisites - History and theory of music, Basics of movement training

Literature

BRADLEY Jerry Richard:Orff Adventures for Children: Body Percussion, Folk and Original Orff Arrangements for Children Paperback – March 18, 2013, ISBN 978-1482684414

CARLINE Sally: Lesson Plans for Creative Dance: Connecting With Literature, Arts, and Music First Edition, 2011 Publisher Human Kinetics ISBN 978-1450401982

FLYN M.Susan, Emily Enloe Theresa Purcell Cone Stephen L. Cone : Teaching Children Dance, Human Kinetics 2023, ISBN-13 978-1718213159

ROSS Alex: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Picador 2008, ISBN 978-0312427719

CAVALLI Harriet: Dance and Music: A Guide to Dance Accompaniment for Musicians and Dance Teachers, University Press of Florida 2001, ISBN 978-0813018874

Evaluation methods and criteria

Reflection and elaboration of the tasks, presentation of practical exercises, elaboration of a music and movement task

Other requirements - 100% attendance, activity in lessons, portfolio creation (observation, research of musical material for the given age group)

Note

The course combines monological, applied and interactive teaching methods, and encourages self-study and critical thinking.

Contact in distance form will be provided:

telephone, email, video calls

through group platforms for communication between students (social networks, internet, apps, moodle, etc.)

Independent work of the student within the contactless learning consists of:

The student presents an example of practical application and a list of studied literature on the given topics.

Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans