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Dance Lab 1: Studio Practices (DNCE10030)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 18.75On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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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 within cultural and historical contexts.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- integrate personal reflection into the creative process
- give and receive constructive feedback
- promote and maintain the well-being of self and others
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE10016 | Choreographic Process into Performance 1 | No longer available | |
DNCE10017 | Dance Technique 1 | No longer available |
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Participation and engagement with practical classes
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Four short 5-minute quizzes
| During the teaching period | 10% |
Perform a 6-minute set class phrase as a group
| Mid teaching period | 20% |
E-Portfolio with reflective documentation
| End of the teaching period | 25% |
2-hour examination: Perform dance vocabulary and material
| During the examination period | 35% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement. | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Brenton Surgenor Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 240 hours of Dance classes (up to 20 hours per week). Total time commitment 306 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
Last updated: 31 January 2024