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Movement improvisation - course description

General information
Course name Movement improvisation
Course ID 05.5-WP-PEDP-MI- 20
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Psychology
Education profile -
Level of studies Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2022/2023
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 5
Course type obligatory
Teaching language polish
Author of syllabus
  • dr Marek Zadłużny
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to prepare the student to use movement improvisation techniques in work with various social groups. Developing auditory-visual-motor coordination. Acquisition by the student of the ability to express elements of a musical work by body movement. Developing a creative attitude in the implementation of physical tasks. Creating expressive movement.

Prerequisites

Basic psychophysical efficiency.

Scope

Work with mental images and movement metaphors. Exercises to develop free movement expression. Exercise in composing movement improvisations. Tasks developing psychokinetic imagination. Awareness of movement work in sensory channels: kinesthetic, visual, proprioreceptive, auditory, relational.

Teaching methods

Workshops in the field of movement improvisation, demonstration forms, individual work, group work, teamwork.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

The basis for getting credit is active participation in classes (50%). Mastering the presented methods of movement improvisation (25%) and designing and conducting a workshop in a selected thematic area of the class (25%).

Recommended reading

  • Bloom, T. & L. T. Chaplin (1998) The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation, London: Dance Books
  • Payne, H.L. (2000) Creative Movement and Dance in Groupwork. Oxon: Speechmark
  • Moore, C. & K. Yamamoto (1988) Beyond Words: Movement Observation and Analysis, New York: Gordon & Breach
  • Holden, S. (1990) “Moving Together: The Group Finds a Dance“, Group Analysis, 23 (3) 265-76

Further reading

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Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 25-04-2022 07:52)