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Dance Lab 1: Studio Practices (DNCE10030)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 25On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Overview
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To be a dancer in the continually evolving contemporary dance scene of today requires a solid, versatile technique, mental and physical resilience, an individual artistic voice and a collective consciousness of the dynamics of moving together. This subject introduces students to the technical, physical, aesthetic and creative skills necessary to develop their individual and collective potential in these areas. Daily rigorous training in dance practices lays the foundations for choreographic performance and the composition of original creative work.
Through kinesthetic / proprioceptive tools, articulate practice, virtuosity and expressiveness, students develop a broad vocabulary of movement languages and embodied literacy. Core movement practices covered in this subject are indigenous, contemporary, urban, ballet and dances of the Asia-Pacific. In applying technical knowledge to improvisational tasks, students explore their individual movement signature. Body conditioning and somatic sessions address idiosyncratic habits which may inhibit the development of safe, efficient and flexible physical expression.
Students apply this awareness as they explore working spontaneously and imaginatively through improvisation and in developing class work of set sequences and phrases. Integrating a hybrid network of dance forms and body-work techniques, students develop skills for enhanced physical performance underpinned by aesthetic and philosophical principles accessed through readings and class discussion.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and proprioceptive tools in physical thinking and imagination including through improvisation and technical dancing;
- apply safe dance practice and self-care through training, injury prevention, body conditioning and rest;
- generate individual interpretations of set exercises, phrases and tasks;
- employ collaborative practice in a group learning context;
- apply spatial and temporal changes to phrases and musically interpret these;
- develop a broad knowledge and performance competence in a range of dance genres.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE10016 | Choreographic Process into Performance 1 | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
DNCE10017 | Dance Technique 1 | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Participation and engagement with practical classes - continuous
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Complete four short quizzes, equivalent to 800 words
| During the teaching period | 10% |
Perform a set class phrase as a group, equivalent to 1600 words
| Mid teaching period | 20% |
E-Portfolio: Reflective documentation
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Examination: Perform dance vocabulary and material
| During the examination period | 30% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimim of 75% of all scheduled classes and submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Brianna Kell Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 260 hours, comprising up to 20 hours per week. Total time commitment 408 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 contact information
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
Last updated: 3 November 2022