Course information

Title

Dance Knowledge. Introduction to Hungarian Folk Dances

Lecturer

Sándor Varga

Course code

XSE021-; YSE_BTK011-

Credit

4 credits

Location

Bálint Sándor lecture room

Time

the timetable is determined by the teacher latter

Course description

Short description

During the course students will get a general insight into the history of the Hungarian folk dance research, and the main folk dance dialects in the Carpathian Basin. We get acquainted with historical, structural and functional approaches.

Schedule

1. History of Hungarian folk dance research
2. Dance dialects
3. Historical approach
4. Structural approach
5. Functional approach

Semester

autumn 2018/2019

Requirements

Requirements to get the grade

Students should write an essay or take an exam.

Reading list

Elsie Ivancich Dunin–Anne von Bibra Wharton–Felföldi, László (eds.) 2005: Dance and Society: Dancer as a Cultural Performer: re-appraising Our Past, Moving into the Future. Budapest

Martin, György 1988: Hungarian Folk Dances. Budapest

Suggested reading list