Movement and Dance

N/A

The formation will be guided by practical intervention of body knowledge, enabling the discovery and body potential and capabilities and its limits. The contents will be discussed in combination with increasing level of complexity and treated to form links between theoretical knowledge (exposure and dialogue), experimentation, creation and observation / analysis.

This practical curricular unit will have an exclusively continuous evaluation [100% = 20 values]:
1) Practical tests- bodily/expressive performance of exercises/movement phrases (70%)
2) Laboratory work – choreographic composition (20%)
3) Participation (10%)
Under point 8 of article 13º of the Academic Regulation of the 1st cycle of studies at ESEC, the student must meet the following specific conditions for access to the exam: have attended 60% of the classes and in the continuums evaluation have a minimal classification of 50% in item 1) and 40% in item 2).
The exam have a practical test.

1. Providing the knowledge and control of the body, helping to achieve and develop corporal spontaneity, in its entirety or segmental level, through the practical experience of different dance forms.
2. Develop creative kinetics ability using the body to express ideas, feelings, sensations and thoughts, by recreating movements and choreographic forms of dance.
3. Mastering observation and reflection skills on the performance of the body leading capabilities to detect limiting factors and prescribe ways to overcome execution errors.
4. Knowing the terminology referring to the syllabus of the discipline.

1. Contextualization and characterization of different forms of dance
2. Positions of feet: parallel and en dehors
3. Positions of arms (port de bras) – characteristics of dance techniques
4.Demi-pliés (simple, with contractions and spiral)
5.Grand pliés
6.Relevés and rises
7.Battements (tendus – simple and with weight transfer and glissés)
8.Grand battements
9.Sautés
10.Walk (simple, with plié, with spiral and triplet – simple and turns)
11.Run
12.Galops
13.Bounces
14.Bends
15.Streches
16.Breathings
17.Contraction
18.Isolations
19.Side falls
20.Leap
21.Skip
22.Movements /floor as support
23. Link / connection between body parts
24. Falls, turns, spiral, jumps and inverted positions
25.Contacts
26. Phrases and composition of movement

• - Attendance and Participation - 10.0%
• - Choreographic composition - 20.0%
• - Bodily/expressive performance of exercises/movement phrases - 70.0%

NAO

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