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Master of Dance (MC-DNCE)
Masters (Coursework)Year: 2022 Delivered: On Campus (Southbank)
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Coordinator
Carol Brown
Overview
Award title | Master of Dance |
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Year & campus | 2022 — Southbank |
CRICOS code | 105697M |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 9 |
Credit points | 200 credit points |
Duration | 24 months full-time or 48 months part-time |
The Master of Dance is dedicated to dance as a transcultural and interdisciplinary practice enmeshed with local and global crosscurrents of movement, dance and choreographic thinking. The course engages with Dance as an embodied experience that draws from a rich field of knowledge including contemporary aesthetics, philosophy, historiography, culture and the politics of the everyday.
The Master of Dance will provide a vehicle for students to engage in theoretical and practice-based research and to explore dance practice through multiple modes. Taking place within an expanding field, the course addresses diverse ways of making through movement, dance, performance and related disciplines.
The programme aims to offer pathways for dancers into specialised careers through its emphasis upon engagement with current thinking in dance and applied practice including through working in situ and through placements. The distinctiveness of this programme lies in its emphasis on informed practice through critical, historical, soma-scientific, cultural, educational and geo-political contexts. It prepares students for careers including in dance education, dance and community practice, dance health and wellbeing, cultural leadership and professional choreographic within various performance domains.
Open to students with expertise in all forms of movement practice from any culture or geographical area, the Master of Dance is designed to attract students wishing to contextualize and extend their practice, as well as career changers with a specific interest in dance and recent developments in the field .
Applying dance thinking to contemporary problems, sites of practice, situations and contexts, six subjects and an extended research project, empower students to develop multiple vocational routes through the dance and performance field. Inter-disciplinary, site-responsive, digitally enabled, somaticised and archived dance meets the world through critical and creative processes of making, writing, articulating and performing.
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
- an undergraduate degree in dance; or
- at least six years of documented professional experience in dance and/or related performing arts; or
- an Honours degree in dance or a related field; and
- an interview (shortlisted applicants only).
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking the applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
- prior academic performance; and
- documented professional experience; and
- interview (shortlisted applicants only).
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Student Application and Selection Procedure.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university's English language requirements for postgraduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Notes:
- Successful applicants with an Honours Degree from an approved course may be granted up to 100 points of advanced standing for the year 1 subjects, commencing their Masters in year 2.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
Inherent requirements are the abilities, knowledge and skills needed to complete this course that must be met by all students. For information on the inherent requirements specific to this course contact the course/program coordinator. In some circumstances reasonable adjustments may be available to enable students to meet these requirements while still preserving the academic integrity of the university's learning, assessment and accreditation processes. For more information on how to seek these adjustments refer to the Student Equity and Disability Support website: https://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- independently explore a range of creative and research strategies in conceptualising, making and performing dance;
- experiment multi-modally with developing and representing dance as research;
- synthesise philosophical and critical perspectives on dance and the body through written, embodied, choreographic and pedagogic practices;
- critically analyse embodied, corporeal, historical-cultural, spatial and temporal relationships in dance within diverse contexts;
- investigate how scientific and somatic knowledge about the body in dance training and education can be applied to enhance performance, health and wellbeing;
- engage with communities of dance practice and environments through reciprocal and ethical relationships that acknowledge different worldviews;
- design, plan and implement an original research project with appropriate referencing;
- capture and organise dance materials through documentation and archiving processes that engage advanced digital tools and technologies;
- apply choreographic thinking to problems, questions and provocations using a range of methodological approaches.
Generic skills
On completing this course, students will:
- independently explore a range of creative and critical research strategies in making, performing, analysing and engaging with dance as a medium and disciplinary field;
- demonstrate an ability to access, identify, organize and communicate ideas effectively in a range of media and to a range of audiences within the discipline and to the wider community;
- make appropriate use of advanced scholarship and digital technologies for documenting, representing and performing research;
- demonstrate intellectual openness, curiosity, integrity, inclusivity, respect for truth and ethical practice;
- demonstrate self-discipline and an ability to plan and achieve personal and professional goals including career advancement;
- have an awareness of the implications and potential of their research in terms of intellectual property, culturally sensitivity and commercialization;
- be aware of civic, cultural and personal responsibilities;
- have effective planning, time management and productivity skills;
- be able to discuss and negotiate ideas with confidence;
- be able to work effectively with a group, collaborate and negotiate, debate or create responsibly and with confidence.
Graduate attributes
- Synthesise critical, conceptual and reflective creative practice and theory
- Independently conduct original research thinking in, through and about dance.
- Demonstrate autonomous, intellectual, creative and imaginative openness, curiosity and innovation.
- Recognise and analyse gaps in scholarship with an advanced capacity to apply original research as part of one's own scholarship.
- Demonstrate expertise in practical, conceptual and theoretical abilities relevant to dance related careers.
- Possess a high-level understanding and appreciation of current issues and debates in the field of dance studies
- Understand the relevance and value of their contribution to local and global dance communities.
Course structure
200-point program of seven compulsory subjects.
Course Progression Rules
- To progress from Year 1 to Year 2, students must complete 100 points of Year 1 compulsory subjects.
Year 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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DNCE90013 | Body Time Space and Place | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
DNCE90014 | Inter-Disciplinary Dance Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
DNCE90015 | Choreography as Research | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
DNCE90016 | Dance Writing, Archives & Documentation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
Year 2
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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DNCE90017 | Critical Dance Pedagogy | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
DNCE90018 | Dance Science & Somatics | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
DNCE90019 | Research Project | Not available in 2022 | 50 |
Last updated: 12 November 2022