Type of Credit: Elective
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Number of Students
In this course of studio-based learning, students will be guided to explore the space and qualities of bodily movements, based on Laban Movement Analysis, or LMA, and Motif Writing. LMA is a movement theory widely used in theater, dance, and other movement-related education and therapy. Motif Writing is a diagrammatic movement system. It is also used in movement notation, creative dance and movement education. Through these theories, students will be able to bring their movement tendencies into their awareness and thus be able to go beyond them, in order to explore possibilities of relationships between the physical, the psychological, and the space around them.
English is the medium of instruction for this course. However, due to the nature of a studio course, lecture time will be minimized and students will learn through completion of designed assignments individually and/or in groups. Students who would like to try their hand at an English-as-medium-of-instruction course are encouraged and welcomed.
能力項目說明
Goals:
Objectives:
At the successful completion of the course the student will:
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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Weekly Topical Outline
Week 1 (Feb. 21): Class Intro: contents, procedures, evaluations, and expectations
***We will kick out our first meeting with moving/dancing/performing, please wear clothing that allows full range of movement (clothing without metal zippers/decors are highly recommended)
---------------------Unit 1 Laban Movement Analysis---------------------
Week 2 (Feb. 28): Peace Memorial Day. No Class
Week 3 (Mar. 6): Body I: Body Attitude, Initiation and Participation
Week 4 (Mar. 13): Body II: Sequencing and Connectivity
Week 5 (Mar. 20): Space I: Kinesphere and Levels
Week 6 (Mar. 27): Space II: Paths and Shapes
Week 7 (April 3): Intercollegiate Activities. No Class
Week 8 (April 10): Effort I: Weight and Time Factors
Week 9 (April 17): Effort II: Space and Flow Factors
Week 10 (April 24): Effort III: Action Drives (Combinations of three factors)
***You will spend some time in working on your individual project in the classroom.
Week 11 (May 1): Individual Project Showcasing
---------------------Unit 2 Motif Writing---------------------
Week 12 (May 8): Motif Writing Alphabet, Floorplan, Action and Stillness,
Week 13 (May 15): Traveling, Direction and Level, and Limbs’ Direction
Week 14 (May 22): Relation, Turns, Spring
Week 15 (May 29): Score Reading I: Group
***You will spend time in working on your final group project in the classroom.
Week 16 (Jun. 5): Final Group Project Showcasing
16+2 Arrangement
We will meet 16 times in the studio as shown in the Weekly Topical Outline. You will have two options for completing the additional 4 hours of work:
STUDENTS WILL BE EVALUATED ON:
Grading:
Participation 40%
Completion and quality of all assignments and movement studies
(including legibility for handwritten work) 30%
Individual Project 15%
Final Group Project 15%
This course is not related to the use of AI.
REQUIRED and RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS:
There is no required textbook in this class. However, the assigned readings are uploaded on Moodle.
Recommended books:
Guest, Ann Hutchinson, and Tina Curran. Your Move. 2nd ed. NY: Routledge, 2008.
Hackney, Peggy. Making Connections: Total Body Integration through Bartenieff Fundamentals. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Maletic, Vera. Dance Dynamics: Effort & Phrasing. Columbus, OH: Grade A Notes, 2005.