| Module Code: DAN2019 |
Module Title: CHOREOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
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Module Provider: Dance,Film & Theatre
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Short Name: DAN2019
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Level: HE2
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Module Co-ordinator: FENSHAM RS Prof (Dnc Flm Thtr)
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Number of credits: 20
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Number of ECTS credits: 10
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| Module Availability |
| Semester 2 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
A class test which demonstrates the student's grasp of one of the models presented and the ability to apply it effectively to a dance example 50%
The class test will consist of:
A comparative discussion of different models of dance analysis and the rationale for their use
An analytical description of a dance work, including a synopsis and its context of production
Diagrams or notes, as appropriate to the dance example and the model selected, eg a structural outline, stage plan, etc.
Performancer Analysis 50%. This analysis will be of a live dance work that demonstrates a theoretical and critical approach discussed during the module - 2.000 words.
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| Module Overview |
This module introduces devices used for the analysis of dance in written form. It explores methods for translating movement into the written word, through attention to language and writing style.
The module encourages the development of observation skills, by introducing different techniques for observing and perceiving choreographic choices. Sessions will evaluate different models for movement analysis in relation to a range of dance forms, including Western concert dance, non-Western theatrical forms, social dance, physical theatre, and screen examples.
Issues relating to movement and meaning will be discussed in relation to different approaches pertinent to the idenfification and discussion of a dance's components, as well as forms, genres and styles.
Students will develop a familiarity with new critical and theoretical aspects of dance analysis from structural and post-structural perspectives. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| None |
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| Module Aims |
To enable students to discern the important features of dance and to appreciate a diversity of individual dance works.
To introduce students to a range of analytical and critical approaches to selected dance works, to their components and their contexts of performance.
To understand different models of analysis and to utlilise structural to post-structural concepts.
To promote an understanding of both the possibilities and limitations of choreographic analysis.
To improve students' appreciation of the role played by dance analysis in formulating the notion of choreographic distinctiveness. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
Knowledge and Understanding
A detailed knowledge of selected dance and of their cultural and historical contexts
An comprehensive knowledge of a dance's components
An understanding of different methodological approaches to reading dance works
A comprehensive knowledge of different dance styles, genres, trends and currents
Awareness of the theoretical underpinnings that inform current modes of analysis and critical practice.
Cognitive/Intellectural Skills
Apppropriate skills of observation analysis and description
Ability to critically discuss selected dance works with a minimum of guidance.
Ability to identify and select appropriate analytical/critical approaches to the discussion of dance works.
Ability to identify key issues relating to a range of dance works.
Practical/Key Skills
Ability to collect and collate relevant source materials on specific dance works.
Ability to identify and select key issues that arise from a dance work with minimum guidance.
Ability to formulate an independent response to those key issues.
Ability to maintain a consistent focus on the selected key issues.
Ability to formulate a lucid, fluid argument.
Ability to take part in class discussion and to expound an independent opinion.
Ability to meet deadlines. |
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| Module Content |
This module introduces devices used for the analysis of dance in written form. It explores methods for translating movement into the written word, through attention to language and writing style.
The module encourages the development of observational skills, by introducing different techniques for observing and perceiving choreographic choices. Sessions will evaluate different models for movement analysis in relation to a range of dance forms, including Western concert dance, non-Western theatrical forms, social dance, physical theatre and screen examples.
Issues relating to movement and meaning will be discussed in relation to different approaches pertinent to the identification and discussion of a dance's components, as well as forms, genres and styles.
Students will develop a familiarity with new critical and theoretical aspects of dance analysis from structural and post-structural perspectives. |
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
| Lecture, video analysis and group discussion. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Adshead, Janet (ed) Dance Analysis: Theory and Practice. London: Dance Books, 1988
Adshead-Lansdale, Janet (ed) Dancing Texts: Intertextuality in Interpretation. London: Dance Books, 1999
Banes, Sally. Terpsichore in Sneakeers: Posst-Modern Dance. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1980
Barthes, Roland. Mythologies. London: Vintage, 1993
Counsell, Colin and Wolf, Laurie (eds) Performance Analysis: An Introductory Coursebook. London and New York: Routledge, 2001
Elam, Keir. The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. London and New York: Routledge (2nd Edition). 2002
Foster, Susan Leigh. Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986
_______. Dancing Bodies in Crary, Jonathan and Kwinter, Sanford (eds) Incorporations. Nw York: Zone, 1992, pp. 480-495
Jordan, Stephanie. Moving Music. London: Dance Books, 2000
Lepecki, Andre. Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement. New York; London: Routledge, 2005
Morris, Gay (ed) Moving Words: re-writing dance. London: Routledge, 1996 |
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| Last Updated |
| 25th November 2009 |
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