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Lecturer(s)
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Pavlišová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Part I. Methods of researching contemporary body-based arts and theoretical approaches to analysis of them Part II. Focused areas (but not necessarily discussed in the seminar in this order): 1. Bodies shaped by cultural identity 1a Bodies shaped by cultural identity: postcolonial identities 1b Bodies shaped by cultural identity: post-socialist ("post-bloc") identities 2. Bodies codetermined by gender specificity 3. Disappearing bodies 3a. Disappearing bodies: body in the world of virtuality 3b. Disappearing bodies: body in the post-Anthropocene 4. Variants of inclusion in contemporary body-based arts 5. Embodied identities: re-enactments, reconstructions, and living archives 6. Closing meeting, recap of topics covered
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
- Homework for Teaching
- 75 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Bodily identities in contemporary body-based arts course coordinator: Mgr. Jitka Pavlišová, Ph.D. The semester-long seminar focuses on the reflection and analysis of diverse bodily identities in contemporary body-based artistic practices (especially theatre dance, performance art, physical and non-verbal theatre, new circus). Through them, within the artistic spectrum, the specific existential experience and knowledge of the lived world is thematized and discussed, and thus many of the most pressing phenomena of our time are significantly shared with the audience. The course will be based on watching video recordings or our own reception of selected performances, drawing on existing multi-layered literature on the issues reflected in the class, and above all, it will be constantly shaped and transformed by our intensive discussion during each meeting.
By the end of this course, students will: - have gained an understanding of specific aspects of contemporary body-based arts, along with the ability to reflect upon and analyse them in a relevant manner - have gained a more detailed understanding, through specific examples, of current theoretical interpretations of the issues under investigation - be able to use appropriate terminology and concepts relating to the body and physicality, identities, and body-based arts in general
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
Minimum attendance: 75%; active participation in discussions. (12×90 min) Ongoing assignments: 3 short analytical/practical assignments during the semester (21 hours in total). Reading and preparation: ongoing work with professional literature and projection materials; brief reading notes. (40 hours in total, i.e., an average of 3-4 hours per week). Attendance at performances/viewing of audiovisual recordings: min. 2 live events + selected video recordings; 1 short review/reflection (14 hours in total: 2 live performances approx. 3 hours each, including travel and immediate reflection + approx. 8 hours for video recordings and short reflection). Final output (32 hours in total: project proposal and presentation preparation: 24 hours, written reflection of 1-2 pages: 8 hours)
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Recommended literature
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Cooper Albright, Ann. (1997). Choreographing Difference: The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance. Middletown, Connecticut.
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HRIEŠIK, Maja. (2012). Telesnosť súčasného divadla. State o dramaturgii tela v súčasnom tanci a divadle. Bratislava.
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Pavlišová,Jitka, a kol. Aktuální tanečněvědný diskurz: Obraty v současném tanci. Olomouc. 2021.
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Sheets-Johnstone, Maxine. The Corporeal Turn: An Interdisciplinary Reader. 2009.
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Vangeli, Nina. Tanec a moc - dialektika konkrétního tance. 2014.
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Vangeli, Nina. Taneční inscenace: přístupové cesty k jejich analýze. 2017.
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