Expressive Rythmic Activities – Dance

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The syllabus will be addressed in combination the increasing level of complexity and treated to form links between theoretical knowledge (exposure and dialogue), practical experimentation, observation/analysis and recreation. Initially, the student will experience bodily exercises, individually and in groups. In the next step, the student work on solutions expressive/body to the proposals suggested in class, in group.

The evaluation will be periodical (PA) or exam (EA) [200 points (p) = 20 values]:

PA

1) Conceptual work of movement exercises/dance- (25% – 50 p)

2) Performance bodily/expressive movement- (65% – 130 p)

3) Evolution in the level of performance- (5% – 10 p)

4) Behavior and attitude- (5% – 10 p)

EA

Access condition to final exam: in the continuums evaluation have a minimal classification of 20 p on item 1) and 65 p on item 2). The exam have a  written and practical test

1. Understand  the importance of dance as a socio-cultural phenomenon of man.

2. Understand the terminology referring to the syllabus of the discipline.

3. Body awareness through experience and analysis of multiple practical situations.

4. Analyze the characteristics of the elements of movement and dances.

5. Conception of movement and choreographic forms through recreating the dance elements studied.

6. Perception of movement as a means of communication, developing creativity and imagination kinetics.

1. Introduction to the study of dance: anthropological perspective, dimensions and forms of dance

2. Movement elements

2.1. The body (body parts, body actions locomotor and non-locomotor and body shapes)

2.2. Space (self / general – paths, directions, levels, planes and volumes)

2.3. Time (rhythm, duration and speed)

2.4. Energy (weight and fluency)

2.5. Relationship (I / I, I / other, I / small group, I / large group and I / objects and environments)

2.6. Composition of movement

3. Traditional dances from Portugal, other countries and different times

3.1. Recreation of dances

• - written test - 100.0%

• - Evolution in the level of performance (5%) + Behavior and attitude (5%) - 10.0%
• - Performance bodily/expressive movement - 65.0%
• - Conceptual work of movement exercises/dance - 25.0%

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