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  Course Description
Course Name : Saloon Dances

Course Code : TYM 441

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Fall and Spring (32 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Instructor LİLİA KOSTOVA PANAYOTOVAPETROVA

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Knows and applies ballroom dance forms.
Knows and applies ballroom dance steps.
Gains an aesthetic perspective on his own body by practising on body positions, aand puts it into practice in his own dance studies.
Develops and practice the dance habit and culture of the body using the figures of different rhythms.
Learning the culture of dance developed in modern period, presents a perspective on the character´s physical form in the atmosphere of the period.
Creates and applies choreography using the steps of the ballroom dance.
Distinguishes male and female positions on the pas de deux according to the periodic characteristics.
Creates choreography using pas de deux, single and group dances and implements it.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : TİM 331 Acting III

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The aim is to teach students the historical and character dances within the stage discipline, help them gain flexibility when they are playing the characters with their natural mechanisms, and teach them basic dance steps that will help them perceive the characteristic atmosphere of the period they live in.

Course Contents : The main exercises of character dance , practices of arm and foot positions of character dance; character dances (mazurka, czardas, flamenco, tarantella, tango)

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Dans Studio.


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The introduction of an annual lesson plan to students
2 Warm-up and Coordination. introduction to "Waltz". Case Study
3 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Waltz" and the first and second figure survey. Case Study
4 Warm-up and Coordination. Work on "Waltz" and the third and fourth figure survey. Case Study
5 Warm-up and Coordination. introduction to "Classic Tango". Case Study
6 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Classic Tango" and the first and second figure survey. Case Study
7 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Classic Tango" and the third and fourth figure survey. Case Study
8 Warm-up and Coordination. Work on "Classic Tango" and the fifth and sixth figure survey. Case Study
9 Warm-up and Coordination. Work on "Classic Tango" and the seventh and eighth figure survey. Case Study
10 Warm-up and Coordination. Work on "Classic Tango" and the ninth and tenth figure survey. Case Study
11 Warm-up and Coordination. Work on "Classic Tango" and the eleventh and twelfth figure survey. Case Study
12 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Classic Tango" and the thirteenth figure survey. Case Study
13 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Classic Tango" and the fourteenth figure survey. Case Study
14 Mid-term exam
15 Semester analysis and general revision. Case Study
16 Semester analysis and general revision. Case Study
17 Warm-up and Coordination. introduction to "Flamenco" and the introduction of the main rhythm. Case Study
18 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Flamenco" and the first and second figure survey. Case Study
19 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Flamenco" and the third and fourth figure survey. Case Study
20 Warm-up and Coordination. Work on "Flamenco" and the fifth and sixth figure survey. Case Study
21 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Classic Tango" and the seventh and eighth figure survey. Case Study
22 Warm-up and Coordination. study on "Flamenco" and the ninth and tenth figure survey. Case Study
23 Warm-up and Coordination. Work on "Flamenco" and the eleventh and twelfth figure survey. Case Study
24 Mid-term exam
25 Warm-up and Coordination. introduction to advanced Level Modern Dance Techniques. Case Study
26 Warm-up and Coordination. Isadora Duncan method, the first survey. Case Study
27 Warm-up and Coordination. Isadora Duncan method, the second survey. Case Study
28 Warm-up and Coordination. Pina Bausch method, the firsth and second survey. Case Study
29 Warm-up and Coordination. Martha Graham method, the first survey. Case Study
30 Warm-up and Coordination. Martha Graham method, the second survey. Case Study
31 Final exam preparation
32/33/34 Final.


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  "TANETS"-Sovremennıy i klassiçeskiy tanets (Pol Bottomer)
 "History of Western Dance" Nasuh BARIN
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 4 100
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 0 0
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 With the help of techniques and methods of acting, this programme teaches the ways of expressing the emotions and thoughts of the character to play on stage. 2
2 Students comprehensively search for the national and international theatre literature, techniques and methods, synthesize the knowledge they acquired considering the requirements of the age and gain a critical point of view. 1
3 Taking the art of Theatre-Acting into consideration, students comprehend the improvement and transformation period of the art from past to the future, and adapt it according to the requirements of the age. 1
4 The Art of Theatre-Acting is supported with methods, theories, history, the techniques of using voice and body, behavioral psychology, and aesthetics and art theories. This programme helps undergraduates to comprehend the concept of art and have the knowledge sufficient to transfer to the future with the past. 4
5 This programme teaches the ways of gaining the ability of using Turkish correctly and efficiently. 0
6 Having sufficient information on stage technology, students comprehend how to express the artistic expression images of the play. 2
7 Considering the art of Theatre-Acting, students learn a social and aesthetic point of view and can apply this on performing arts, radio, television and cinema. 4
8 Students gain the ability to evaluate universal values with the knowledge acquired in their own field of study. 5
9 This programme provides with the ways of finding the necessary documents, tools, resources, and the archive related to the art of theater - acting. 1
10 Improving coordination skills, students know about and analyze their own body, emotions and thoughts and gain the ability to use their natural mechanism as an instrument on the stage. 5
11 Students gain the ability to present information related to the Art of Theatre-Acting to various audiences. 1
12 Students gain awareness of being an artist who is aware of the responsibility to themselves, their own country and to the humanity. 1
13 In addition to acting techniques, this programme teaches the correct ways of using body on stage with movement, dance, body plastic and fencing disciplines. 5
14 This programme teaches the ways of using voice correctly on stage supporting this with the voice and speech techniques, singing, solfege and ear training. 1
15 Students gain communication and social competence skills as a natural part of the art of theater - acting. 0
16 Students gain the habit and awareness of having art ethics and professional discipline together with the professional acting qualifications. 2
17 As an artist, students improve themselves continually, and combine the knowledge and skills appropriate for the rules of professional ethics with the other fields of art and make correlations between them. 4
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 32 2 64
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 32 0 0
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 4 2 8
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 74
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.96
ECTS Credit: 3