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The Literary Works of G. Angiolini and J.-G. Noverre in the context of the 18th century
Dotlačilová, Petra ; KAZÁROVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; BRODSKÁ, Božena (referee)
This dissertation offers a commented translation into Czech language of works written by two most important choreographers of the 18th century, Italian Gasparo Angiolini and French Jean-Georges Noverre. It is a selection of their most important texts where they develop an inovative aesthetics of the dramatic ballet – ballet en action. An introductory chapter about theatre aesthetics of the first half of the 18th century is included in the beginning of the work where I summarize the most important discussions of the period and topics that inspired the choreographers to their reform in the art of dance. Futhermore, a chapter refering to the sources for this work is attached to each commented translation.
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Helena Vojáčková
Nečasová, Natálie ; GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota (advisor) ; BRODSKÁ, Božena (referee)
This thesis is chronologically mapping the life and the pedagogical carrier of Helena Vojáčková (1882-1967) in context of contemporary dance. The crucial source for this thesis was her inheritance in the Archive of National Museum in Prague.
Helena Vojáčková, teacher and critic, participated in the birth of new dance culture formatting at the beginning of 20th century. After her university studies she focused on health aspects of dance. She graduated at Bess Mensendieck health gymnastics, further on she studied modern dance at Drury Channell and also at her former student Jarmila Kröschlová. She taught in Prague according to the system of Bess Mensendieck. She collaborated with dancers, rehabilitation specialsts and doctors. She wrote several studies and a book called "Pohybem ke zdraví a kráse ženy" (1959, 1961). From an artistic point of view she tended to proper understanding and performing the moves, she also wanted each move to be sensed in its expression. Teaching of this method was no more developed after her death but some of her students used inspirations of this system in their further choreographic or teaching activities. The most important of them was Jarmila Kröschlová.
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The Evolution of the Concept of Ballet-Pantomime in the Age of the Enlightenment Europe
Dotlačilová, Petra ; KAZÁROVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; BRODSKÁ, Božena (referee)
The subject of my master´s thesis is focused on the evolution of the concept of ballet-pantomime in the Europe of the Enlightenment, that is in the second half of the 18th century. Ballet-pantomime was a new genre in the art of ballet, which was treated in theory and afterwards brought into practice in this historical epoque. After the outline of political and cultural context of the Enlightenment period, analysis of the most important theoretical texts and reflexions compiled by important cultural personalities follows. The next part of the thesis treats different dance styles and the state of ballet in the most important European cities where the genre of ballet-pantomime was introduces into practice.
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Critic Emanuel Siblík, Personality and Works
Kocourková, Lucie ; GREMLICOVÁ, Dorota (advisor) ; BRODSKÁ, Božena (referee)
This thesis deals with life and works of an important Czech dance critic and aesthetician, Emanuel Siblík, most of whose active life took place between the World wars. It comprises his professional career and critical work. The first half of the text deal with biographical data and works published, it analyses his intellectual background and his approach to certain changes in the dance art that took place at the time. Second part illustrates his approach on various examples of his articles, shows his style and relationship to concrete dance artists.
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German dance criticism in 1830s Prague
Babická, Tereza ; Gremlicová, Dorota (advisor) ; Brodská, Božena (referee)
Abstract
German dance criticism in 1830s Prague
In the early 19th century the Romantic era began in Europe. The German urban middle class lived in the age of the Biedermeier, the Czech society experienced a period of national revival.
In my thesis I focused on echoes of dance performances in Prague periodicals written in German language in the 1830s. I surveyed the dance reviews in three periodicals - Bohemia, Prager Zeitung and Ost und West ? and found a large number of articles on dance music and social, theatre and folk dances. My primary concern was the German dance criticism.
In this thesis you?ll get to know what was mostly reported about dancing, what the most frequent topics were, what the dance reviews looked like, how the professional dancers were judged by the critics of that time, who those critics were, how the movement of the dancers was described, what was reported about ballet and pantomime performances and what dances were popular among the people.
The expressions and phrases used in the dance reviews were reflected in the context of the Biedermeier era. The critics judged the plays and performances according to the aesthetic values of their time. It is extremely important to realize why they were writing that way about dancing and what they found interesting about it.
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Dance in the Work of Bohuslav Martinů
Dercsényiová, Lucie ; Brodská, Božena (advisor) ; Kazárová, Helena (referee) ; Reittererová, Vlasta (referee)
The first part of the thesis called Dance in the Work of Bohuslav Martinů focuses on fourteen Martinů´s ballets that have been staged so far. The following part is devoted to dance adaptations of Martinů´s concert opuses. The final part of the thesis deals with three Martinů´s operas which include dance scenes: The Soldier and the Dancer, The Plays of Mary and The Suburban Theatre. The appendices comprise librettos of selected works and musical scores with stage directions written by the composer; the enclosed CD contains archive photographs of stage designs and photographs from performances.
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Achille Viscusi and his Prague years
Syslová, Kateřina ; Gremlicová, Dorota (advisor) ; Brodská, Božena (referee)
This work is devoted to personality of Achille Viscusi and his activities in the National theatre of Prague, where he worked as a ballet master in years 1900-1912. Achille Viscusi was italian-born. He started his career in european theatres as a dancer, later he turned to choreography and a pedagogy of dance. After the First world war he became a ballet master in Národní divadlo moravskoslezské in Moravská Ostrava, where he established a corps de ballet and a ballet school associated to the Theatre. After four years he moved to Bratislava, where he was a ballet master until 1932. In this thesis an emphasis is placed on his Prague engagement. There is a list of productions in which Viscusi took part as a choreographer including information how he was accepted by contemporary audience and critics. It focuses on productions fundamental for Czech ballet ? ballet pantomime by Oskar Nedbal and scenic implementation of Slavonic dances by Antonín Dvořák. Final three chapters provide characteristics of Achille Viscusi as a choreographer, a pedagogue and a dancer. This work is based on information from a press of his days.
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LETTERE CONTRA LETTRES
Dotlačilová, Petra ; Kazárová, Helena (advisor) ; Brodská, Božena (referee)
In my bachelor thesis I focus on two famous choreographers of the 18th century, Gasparo Angiolini and Jean-Georges Noverre, and their dispute about the nature of the then emerging genre of ballet pantomime. After the introduction of both authors and a short outline of the period situation, more detailed description of reasons and consequences of their polemics follows. The main part of my work is the analysis of their printed texts and the opinions expressed within, especially Angiolini´s paper Lettere di Gasparo Angiolini a Monsieur Noverre from 1773 and following reactions to this particular work.
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Bohemian topic in librettos
Babická, Tereza ; Kazárová, Helena (advisor) ; Brodská, Božena (referee)
Summary
The author split her Bachelor Thesis into two main chapters that are further divided in subchapters. As a first resort she deals with the topic of the Hussite Wars in a chapter called Choreodrama considering the subject of the Hussite "Beautiful Rides". Then in the chapter A ballet inspired by the legend of the Maiden's War as described in Bohemian chronicals she focuses on the motif of the Maiden's War.
The ballet Hussites at Naumburg was presented by Salvator Viganó in the Milan La Scala in 1815. It was a play with singing by August von Kotzebue what most probably inspired Viganó to compose his ballet. The comparison between the legend of Naumburg, the primary inspiration source, and the resulting ballet, is then treated thoroughly. Afterwards the ballet is confronted with the above mentioned melodram. Nearly at the end we are told how important the Hussite siege of Naumburg was for history.
In 1852 Jules Perrot introduced in Petersburg his ballet The War of the Women, or The Amazons of the Ninth Century. According to the libretto the ballet was based on the story of the Maiden's War as reffered to in Bohemian chronicals. In fact the actual story is scarcely to be found in it. There are several potential inspirational sources for this ballet and it is not clear yet what the initial one was. Today we have two librettos of the ballet at the disposal a translation of a Russian edition by Jan Reimoser and a French libretto. Both of them are treated with in this work. What is interesting is that they are not entirely identical. Finally the author summarises in a brief outline the productions on this subject that were mainly stage-managed in the area of the current Czech Republic, and she concludes by describing the development of the Maiden's War motif in Bohemian chronicals.
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