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Knowing Dance (DNCE20035)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Semester 1
Overview
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This subject focuses on critical thinking in the context of local and international contemporary practices in dance. Through critical investigations of dances within their contexts, traditions and cultures, dance histories are addressed and explored. Developing students’ historical knowledge of dance and contexts of performance, this subject expands awareness of the intercultural foundations of modern dance, and of the impact of colonialism and settler culture in shaping Australian dance history. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance knowledge as Australia’s enduring choreographed past is acknowledged and reflected upon in relation to contemporary Indigenous dance practice.
Students will gain skills in historical referencing, understanding of sources and how the past influences the present. They will engage in revitalising dance archives and, working in groups, explore the archival impulse in relation to contemporary discourses on dance reenactment and recovery. Through historiography, dancers engage in the study and embodiment of dances through diverse sources including ancestral memories, texts, images, embodied memories and inter-corporeal transmission gaining an appreciation and understanding of dance’s histories.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- situate dances within broader socio-cultural contexts;
- critically investigate and embody dances within their contexts and histories;
- examine the ways in which dance histories are constructed;
- research and appreciate Indigenous dance knowledge and resilience;
- investigate and critically discuss the role of settler colonialism in shaping dance hierarchies.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE10031 | Dance Lab 2: Integrated Practices | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
DNCE10032 | Thinking through Dancing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE20017 | Dance Lineages 2 | 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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PechaKucha style presentation, equivalent to 1200 words
| Week 6 | 30% |
Essay: Reflect upon Australian dance histories in relation to First Nations and settler cultures
| Week 12 | 50% |
Perform an archive or re-enactment of a choreography, equivalent to 800 words
| End of semester | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum 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 Carol Brown Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 120 hours Total time commitment 204 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