Some of Jiří Kylián’s later works reveal a distinct detectable baroque influence. They also manifest a baroque quality that resists precise explanation. This partly derives from extensive references to the baroque style and period. However, not all references are the same, and some are more easily recognisable than others. Costumes, music and props openly reference the Baroque, whereas less obvious allusions can be found in lighting design or in the way a performance ‘addresses’ the audience. This thesis thus sets out to offer a terminology to describe these phenomena and provide a framework for analysing Kylián’s reworking of baroque sources. The analysis first addresses what is understood by ‘baroque’, then moves to describe various referencing practices, before applying the newly found framework to three of Kylián’s works that take the Baroque as a source of inspiration. Central to my discussion of the Baroque and its contemporary reappearance is the work of cultural theorists and art critics Omar Calabrese and Mieke Bal. Particularly important to my argument is Bal’s emphasis on the tendency in baroque art to involve the viewer’s physical presence in the experience of art. My discussion of referencing is, on the other hand, centred on ideas developed by the literary theorists Gérard Genette, Andreas Böhn, Irina Rajewski and Werner Wolf. Genette’s intertextual model is expanded to include a more precise understanding of the nature of quotation as developed by Böhn. The plurimedial nature of dance, or the co-presence in dance of more than one medium, is addressed by introducing Rajewski’s and Wolf’s notion of Intermediality. As well as analysing how referencing functions in dance and how it participates in meaning-making, this thesis also highlights the evolution of Kylián’s referencing practice over time and explains the function of the Baroque in Kylián’s oeuvre.

At the centre of discourse of Dance in South Africa is the notion of Other. The form and approach in Contemporary Dance in South Africa in the 21st century has been shaped by cultural forces such as apartheid and colonialism. This thesis sets out a phenomenological study of Othering in Dance in South Africa through a hermeneutical unpacking of 'Older dancing'. Its critical question grapples with the notion of age as a new marker of alterity in Dance and asks: How does dancing the Other bring new ways of seeing bodies? The lived experiences of four categories in Older dancing: dancers, choreographers, directors and dance critics, in and outside of South Africa since the 2000s, will be analysed. My own position in each of the categories above has allowed me to participate in Contemporary Dance and the performing arts field in South Africa for over 45 years. A partial history of Contemporary Dance in South Africa is explicated in order to provide paradigmatic frames for this study. The philosophical enquiry of this thesis has foregrounded Dance Studies as a discrete research field in order to highlight dance and the body itself, and to reassert an enviable position of dancing bodies as research instruments and knowledge producers. A hermeneutical narrative analysis was deployed following twelve interviews that were conducted over 4 years (2012-2014). Seven South African and five non-South African 'voices' were analysed and coded against four primary lines of enquiry in Experience: notions of cultural inscription and dancing bodies as blank slates; questions of (in)visibility and frailty of older persons, wisdom and (in)dependent older dancers and the ontologies of marginalisation for Older dancing within concert theatre Dance. This suggested a thesis of wider Body-space reading and continuum for Dance that could be useful in understanding epistemology of prejudice. Recommendations that flow from this study will relate to Dance Studies in South Africa that is already moving away from its anthropological roots in tribal dances, experimentations with multicultural dance, towards unpacking intersectionality, public art and the contested label African dance. It provides Body-space as a further theoretical tool with which to observe dancing and bodies as states of becoming that will be of interest to Dance Studies, Performance Theory and Cultural Studies.

Baigiamajame magistro darbe „Šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų rengimo ypatumai“ siekiama nustatyti šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų rengimo ypatumus. Pirmoje darbo dalyje, remiantis mokslinės literatūros analize, atskleidžiama šiuolaikinio šokio samprata bei raidos ypatumai, taip pat šiuolaikinio šokio raiška Lietuvos kultūroje. Antroje darbo dalyje, remiantis mokslinės literatūros analize, apibrėžiami šiuolaikinio šokio atlikėjų, choreografų bei šokio mokytojų profesinės veiklos ypatumai ir tai veiklai atlikti būtinos kompetencijos. Trečiojoje darbo dalyje analizuojami empirinio tyrimo rezultatai – JAV ir Vakarų Europos aukštųjų šiuolaikinio šokio mokyklų studijų programos, taip pat šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų požiūris į šiuolaikinio šokio specialistų rengimą, studijų galimybes bei kokybę Lietuvoje. Darbo pabaigoje pateikiamas, mokslinės literatūros, studijų programų bei profesionalų požiūrio į specialistų rengimą analizės pagrindu, sukurtas šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų rengimo modelis. / Final MA thesis “Features of Education of Contemporary Dance Professionals” aims to discover and describe features of education of contemporary dance professionals. By analyzing theoretic literature in the first section of this thesis author tries to reveal concept and traits of development of contemporary dance as well as contemporary dance in Lithuania. By analyzing theoretic literature the second section of this thesis describes features of contemporary dance professions such as dancer, choreographer and teacher along with necessary competences for these careers. The third part of the thesis analyzes the results of empirical research – contents and structure of study programmes of higher education institutions in USA and Western Europe as well as opinion of Lithuanian contemporary dance professionals about options of contemporary dance studies in Lithuania and their quality. In accordance with analysis of theoretic literature, study programmes of foreign institutions and opinions of contemporary dance professionals about studies in Lithuania the final section proposes a new model for education of contemporary dance professionals.

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Актуальность исследования обусловлена недостаточным вниманием к сценографии театра современного танца в России. Объектом данной работы являются особенности художественного решения пространства contemporary dance. Предметом – анализ элементов структурирования пространства постановки на примере Екатеринбургского театра Провинциальные танцы, одного из наиболее профессиональных и интересных коллективов в области современной хореографии в России. Неоднозначность трактовок сценографии различных форм dance-театра обусловлена изменением характеристик взаимодействия со зрителем, многовариантностью постановочных пространств, особенностями пластического языка танца, обращающегося к до-рациональному, до-вербальному началу человека. Изменение понимания телесности актера и объектно-субъектных связей постановки, а также сложность и нерасчленимость составляющих элементов постановок contemporary dance позволяют проследить линию соответствия скульптуры и пластического танца, а также особенности взаимодействия этого направления dance-театра с другими формами искусства, объекты которых часто являются неотъемлемой составляющей постановки. / The research is relevant due to the lack of attention to the scenography of Russian contemporary dance. The subject matter of the study are specifics of the art and design of contemporary dance spaces. The scope of the study is an analysis of elements of space structuring in performances by the example of Provincial Dances Theatre (Ekaterinburg) as one of the most professional and interesting groups of contemporary choreography in Russia. Scenography of different forms of dance theatres is interpreted ambiguously due to change of characteristics of arrangement with viewers, multivariance of performance spaces, specific of dance language that appeals to prerational, preverbal human nature. Understanding of artist corporality changes, as well as relations between actors and objects in performance. The elements of contemporary dance performances are complex and indivisible. All of these allows tracing the interactions between sculpture and dance, also the interactions between contemporary dance and other art forms that are often integral to a performance.

Dance has attracted little scientific interest on the effects of physical fitness improvements on performance and injury severity, particularly with respect to contemporary dance. The main aims of the current work were: a) to observe the physical demands of dance performance; b) to develop a reliable dance-specific performance tool; c) to assess the association between selected physical fitness parameters and performance in contemporary dance by using a new reliable method (AC test); d) to assess selected physical fitness parameters in relation to injury severity in contemporary dance; e) to study the effects of increased fitness parameters on performance through a randomized controlled trial. A total of 50 performances, performed by 20 dancers, were monitored by using a portable accelerometers (SWA armbands) and heart rate monitors while 45 performances in DVDs were video analysed. Six dancers and two dance teachers were recruited to test a newly developed performance tool. A sample made of 41 dancers were recruited and assessed for aerobic fitness (DAFT), lower body muscular power (jump height test), upper body muscular endurance (press-ups test), flexibility (active and passive hip ROM), body composition (skinfolds), performance (n=17) and injury severity (n=16). In order to investigate the effects of the supplementary fitness training on performance, 24 of the total 41 dancers, were randomly assigned to either an intervention (n=12) or control (n=12) group. The intervention group undertook a specifically designed exercise-training programme (circuit and WBV training) lasting six weeks. Both groups were re-tested for physical fitness levels and performance at the end of the intervention period. Results revealed that performance intensities varied from light to moderate while these were observed with the use of pliés and jumps as well as lifting other dancers. Based on the seven most frequently used criteria by selected pre-professional contemporary dance institutions and companies, a novel performance tool (AC tool) was developed with an inter-rater reliability of r=0.96. There was a significant correlation between aesthetic competence (AC) scores and jump ability (r=0.55) and press-ups (r=0.55), respectively. Stepwise backward multiple regression analysis revealed that the best predictor of AC was press-ups (R2=0.30, p=0.03, 95% confidence intervals=0.11–1.34). Univariate analyses also revealed that the interaction of press-ups and jump ability improved the prediction power of AC (R2=0.44, p=0.004, 95% confidence intervals=0.009–0.04). Pearson’s correlation coefficients detected significant negative correlations between the mean score recorded for injury severity (expressed as TDO) and lower body muscular power (r=-0.66; p=0.014); backward regression analysis also revealed that, from all studied parameters, the strongest predictor of TDO was lower body muscular power (p=0.014). For the intervention group repeated measures ANOVA revealed significant increases (pre vs. post) in aerobic fitness (p<0.05), lower body muscular power (p<0.05), upper body muscular endurance (p<0.05) and performance (p<0.05). Linear regression analyses indicated that the only significant predictor of AC was aerobic capacity (F=7.641; p=0.03); the interaction of press-ups and aerobic capacity (F=6.297; p=0.036), and lower body muscular power with aerobic capacity (F=5.543; p=0.05) demonstrated an improved prediction power. These results show that the observed contemporary dance performance is an intermittent type of activity of moderate intensity. Given the reliability of the AC tool, it is concluded that upper body muscular endurance and jump ability best predict AC of contemporary dancers. Reduced lower body muscular power is associated with increased severity of injuries. Finally, supplementary exercise training significantly increases lower body muscular power, upper body muscular endurance and aerobic fitness, which in turn are beneficial to improve AC of contemporary dancers.

Desprendida do entendimento clássico de dramaturgia restrito ao texto, esta pesquisa se lança na busca de conceitos que consideram recorrências e particularidades nas práticas contemporâneas de dança. O cenário deste estudo abrange artistas e grupos independentes, situados no Brasil, reconhecidos por desenvolverem uma pesquisa autoral. O principal procedimento utilizado são entrevistas com criadores e pesquisadores da área e análises de processos criativos. Deste tema maior, dramaturgia, amplia-se o debate para coreografia, presença cênica e espectador. Além disso, investiga-se a relação entre financiamento público e modos de operar na dança, dedicando-se à reflexão dos dez anos do Programa de Fomento à Dança para a cidade de São Paulo. Ao tratar de dramaturgia na dança no contexto das produções contemporâneas, inevitavelmente, entrelaça-se poética, estética e política, problematizando questões controvertidas e lidando com o caráter dinâmico e instável que os temas revelam. / Divested from the classic notion of dramaturgy as synonym of text, this research seeks concepts often considered recurrent and peculiar to contemporary dance practices. The background of this study brings out artists and independent groups, located in Brazil, which are recognized for developing an authorial research. The main procedure adopted are interviews with creators and researchers, and the analysis of creative processes. The major theme, dramaturgy, leads to a broader debate on choreography, stage presence and audience. Moreover, we examine the relationship between public funding and modes of operation in dance, focusing the analysis on the Program for Dance Incentive for the city of Sao Paulo, covering a period of ten years of its existence. Dealing with dramaturgy in dance in the context of contemporary productions inevitably entwines poetics, aesthetics and politics, giving rise to controversial issues, and requiring also coping with the dynamic and unstable nature that these themes unveil.

Submitted by Maicon Juliano Schmidt (maicons) on 2015-04-16T19:19:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Daiana Felix Pereira.pdf: 18723332 bytes, checksum: 89418a1724c3f8df1ec40b4f29a83b26 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-16T19:19:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Daiana Felix Pereira.pdf: 18723332 bytes, checksum: 89418a1724c3f8df1ec40b4f29a83b26 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-01-31 / Nenhuma / Esse trabalho investiga o processo de educar a voz de bailarinos contemporâneos por meio da educação corporal e vocal. Problematiza a questão vocal e busca entender o ensino da dança e da música que, historicamente desmembrou o corpo de quem aprende. Relaciona a essa problematização à formação na dança contemporânea com todos os desafios relacionados à manutenção da dominação masculina. Reconstrói a trajetória histórica da dança, entrelaçando-a com questões de gênero que trazem alguns conceitos como: a educação do corpo como processo do movimento e as questões da sexualidade interpretadas na dança como sentimentos eróticos. Além desse estudo teórico, a dissertação compõe dois ensaios: o primeiro inaugura um entre-ato por meio de uma análise sobre o V capítulo da obra de Rousseau (1712- 1778), "Emílio ou Da Educação, propondo uma possível dança entre Emílio e Sofia. E o segundo ensaio diz respeito a gravação com bailarinas e cantores exercitando o uso do corpo e da voz simultaneamente a fim de perceber os processos implicados nessa articulação. A dissertação aponta para uma nova linguagem e uma pedagogia da união entre a dança e a voz: artes essencialmente do corpo. É possível uma união entre as duas artes, destacando a questão da voz, bem como as questões do corpo como um todo. / This work investigates the process of educating the voice of contemporary dancers through vocal and body movement education. It seeks to understand how teaching dance and music historically disassociate itself from the body of the learner. Related to this question of contemporary dance training methods is also the question of gender roles and in particular that of male dominance. This thesis examines the historical trajectory of dance, weaving in issues of gender in relation to concepts such as education of the body, and the process of movement, as well as the topic of sexuality and how dance is often interpreted in terns of erotic feelings. This theoretical study looks at two essays in depth: the first is an analysis of Rousseau’s Chapter V (1712 - 1778), "From Emile, or Education, proposing a possible dance between Emilio and Sofia. The second essay is concerned with recording dancers and singers who train to use their body and voice simultaneously and aim to understand the processes involved that connect these two forms. This paper points to a new language and pedagogy that highlights the relationship and union between dance and voice, and the body as an art.

Cette recherche s’intéresse au travail de yoga, tel qu’il est enseigné à des adultes amateurs dans le cadre de l’enseignement de la danse contemporaine de Toni D’Amelio, à l’école Peter Goss (Paris 10e). C’est la nature de l’expérience corporelle vécue par les élèves ainsi que les modalités de sa construction qui font l’objet de cette analyse. Ancrée dans une approche anthropologique, elle se caractérise par l’utilisation de la technique de l’entretien d’explicitation – méthodologie inédite dans la recherche en danse – pour interroger l’expérience subjective des acteurs.Les propos des élèves ont fait émerger le rôle central des consignes, ainsi que la manière dont ce travail de yoga s’articule autour d’un « dispositif savant », qui cristallise pour les élèves l’idée d’un savoir adéquat. Or, ce dispositif s’est avéré insuffisant pour expliquer la nature de l’expérience corporelle qu’il produit. L’étude met ainsi en évidence la manière dont ce dispositif est concrètement mis en œuvre et dont les consignes fonctionnent, dans la pratique, comme « embrayeurs d’action et de perception ». Enfin, l’analyse montre comment la parole de l’enseignante, à l’insu pour ainsi dire des élèves et d’elle-même, crée un véritable enchantement du dispositif. / This research focuses on the work of yoga, as taught to amateur adult pupils in the context of the contemporary dance teaching of Toni D’Amelio, at the Peter Goss school in Paris. It is the nature of this corporeal experience as lived by the pupils, as well as the modes of its construction, which form the subject of this analysis. Grounded in an anthropological approach, this analysis is characterized by the use of the explicitation interview to investigate the subjective experience of the pupils.The central role of the teacher’s instructions emerged from the pupils’ own words, as well as the way this yoga work is articulated around a scholarly “apparatus”, which crystallizes for the pupils the idea of an adequate knowledge. However, this “apparatus” proved insufficient to explain the nature of the corporeal experience it produces. The study thus underscores the way this “apparatus” is brought into play and the way the instructions function as triggers for action and perception. Finally, this analysis demonstrates how the speech act of the teacher, without either the pupils’ or her own knowledge, creates a real enchantment of the “apparatus”.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta dissertação propõe reflexões em dança contemporânea a partir de duas palavras-problema: lugar e participação. Recomendado como caminhada, o texto se estrutura em torno do processo criativo do espetáculo senha de acesso (2011), de André Luiz Santos da Silva (André Bern em artes), para aventurar-se transversalmente por trabalhos de outros artistas (Coletivo Pague Leve, Denise Stutz, Gustavo Ciríaco & Andrea Sonnberger, Hélio Oiticica, hello!earth, Jérôme Bel, Morena Paiva, Victor DOlive, Yoko Ono) que evidenciam: 1) um entendimento de existência no mundo que propõe novas bases nas quais pode se dar o encontro entre artistas e público; 2) fricções promovidas nos deslocamentos e experimentos criativos entre estúdio, palco e espaço urbano; e 3) uma noção de corpo enquanto lugar em dança contemporânea. Para tanto, são disponibilizados trechos de conversas, notas de campo e relatos de artistas que se entrecruzam a análises de cenas de senha de acesso e de outras criações em dança contemporânea / This study proposes reflections in the field of contemporary dance that stem from two problem-words: place and participation. Recommended as a city walk, the text is structured around the creative process of senha de acesso (2011), a choreographic piece by André Luiz Santos da Silva (as known as André Bern in the arts scene), in order to crisscross a number of works by other artists (Coletivo Pague Leve, Denise Stutz, Gustavo Ciríaco & Andrea Sonnberger, Hélio Oiticica, hello!earth, Jérôme Bel, Morena Paiva, Victor DOlive, Yoko Ono) that highlight: 1) an understanding of existence in the world that suggests new bases on which the relationship between artists and the public can happen; 2) tensions promoted in the trajectories and creative experiments conducted between studios, stages and urban spaces; and 3) a notion of body understood as place in contemporary dance. To this end, excerpts of conversations, field notes and artists accounts are made available in the act of interweaving the analysis of scenes from senha de acesso with contemporary dance pieces by other artists