The change of a medieval fashion dance. Formal and functional aspects of the discourse of dance becoming an independent art
The change of a medieval fashion dance. Formal and functional aspects of the discourse of dance becoming an independent art

Summary/Abstract: In a 2018 initiative, the Research Institute of Art Theory and Methodology, Hungarian Academy of Arts aimed to examine the art of dance in various historical contexts. As part of this, Attila Farkas examined dance art in an approach to the history of ideas in his lecture entitled “The Philosophy of Dance” given at a conference on May 6, 2019, which has not been found in the Hungarian language literature so far. In his presentation, he raised three main themes: Why did dance receive less attention in philosophy of art than in other branches of art, i.e., poetry, music, and painting? The golden age of the art of dance in antiquity. A new interpretation of the relationship between representation and expression. In themselves, all three topics are new in dance research and partly in inter- and multidisciplinary research related to dance research. The article reflects on some points in this presentation, illuminating the difference between the phenomenon of ‘choreia ’and ‘dance ’in the European history.

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