DANCE NOTATION AND MORPHOLOGY

Specific Foundation

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:  define dance notation, mentions its types, describes its historical development  explain and accept the necessity and usefulness of dance notation  describe and understand at a basic level (Elementary Level) Laban's systems (Labanotation and Effort)  apply the two recording systems of Laban's dance movement to the various types of dance  defines the concept of dance form, structure and style in dance,  describe the components of dance and the methods and techniques of analyzing dance form  describe the basic principles of dance morphology and the models of dance form  state the basic principles of typology and identify the type of dance  understand and apply the morphological method of analysis to the various types of dance  adopt the correct dance terminology

1. Introduction to the notation of dance movement (definition, types, necessity, stages) 2. Brief historical review and critical presentation of the notational systems of dance movement abroad and in Greece, and 3. Introduction to the theories and the systems of Laban 4. Notation of the structural side of dance movement in Laban's system (Labanotation) - fundamentals I & application 5. Notation of the structural side of dance movement in Laban's system (Labanotation) - fundamentals II & application 6. Notation of the qualitative aspect of dance movement in Laban's system (Effort) 7. Theoretical bases of the dance form analysis, methods, dance form analysis techniques and dance form recognition 8. Relationships between dance and music (music/rhythm, rhythmic organization/rhythmic pattern/choreography of the dance) 9. Basic principles of Typology (type as the basic unit of division and classification of dance material) 10. Dance notation and structural-morphological and typological analysis based on the example of Greek traditional dance 11. Dance and society: relationships of dance form and content 12. The symbolic-interpretive approach of the dance form 13. Social development, culture, process, ideology and structure: their relation to dance form

18-01-2024