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Voice (DNCE20025)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 6.25Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Overview
Availability | July - Online |
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VOICE is a physical activity, and as such, complements training in dance by allowing the individual to discover interdependence of voice and body. The focus of the work lies in addressing idiosyncratic habits, which may inhibit the dancer who wishes to use their voice generally and specifically, in performance. The subject will include a selection from the following: physical awareness of breath in the body, muscularity, resonance, and rhythm through the kinaesthetic awareness of voice in the moment of speaking. Students will be expected to draw upon their experiences of integrated Body Mind practices to facilitate the interdependence of voice and body.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject will enable students to:
- identify idiosyncratic, habituated vocal patterns and work towards freedom from these restrictions;
- develop a kinaesthetic understanding of the relationship between the spine and support for the breath;
- explore the connection between breath and movement and sound;
- develop an awareness of the natural voice by creating a physical awareness of sound.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- use a greater range of vocal patterns, freed from their idiosyncratic, habituated vocal patterns;
- demonstrate good alignment and strong spinal support in order to free the breathing process;
- connect breath and movement and sound;
- centre the natural voice by creating a physical awareness of sound;
- work with focus, energy and responsibility in class.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE10017 | Dance Technique 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
DNCE10018 | Integrated Body Mind Practices 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE10025 | Voice | July (Online) |
6.25 |
Recommended background knowledge
Completion of Semester 1, Year 1 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) ensures all students have appropriate background knowledge
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Coursework – active, physical and ongoing engagement in practical classes (including regular individual feedback) against assessment criteria: skills development 20%, technical proficiency 30%, work ethic 20% and attendance 10%. A formula is applied to a student's actual attendance, which distributes marks from 10% to zero, where zero represents less than 60% attendance | Throughout the teaching period | 80% |
Written assignment
| During the assessment period | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: 80% Attendance Hurdle must be met to pass the subject (100% weekly punctual and full attendance is expected) | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- July - Online
Coordinator Anna Smith Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 60 hours Teaching period 20 July 2020 to 31 July 2020 Last self-enrol date 22 July 2020 Census date 31 July 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 August 2020 Assessment period ends 21 August 2020
Time commitment details
60 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Handouts available on the LMS
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
Last updated: 3 November 2022