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Digital Dance (DNCE20037)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
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- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject critically and creatively addresses questions of space, time and embodiment for the digital age through cultivating tools and know-how in digital literacy. It acknowledges that the primary way in which we engage with dance has turned towards the screen and digital media.
Through workshops students experiment with various software, tools and equipment exploring the possibilities digital technologies offer in the development of new performance, modes of expression, dance making strategies, documentation and agency. Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Interactive Design are explored alongside Screen Dance. Students learn skills in tracking, framing, capturing, editing and virtualizing the dancing body.
This subject will provide space for students to conceive of the choreographic and artistic possibilities of working with digital agents, produce digital dance artefacts and draw movement traces in virtuality. At the same time, it provides a critical context for apprehending dance in relation to the datafication and quantification of the body and digital surveillance.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- critically and creatively articulate the role of digital technologies in dance creation and performance;
- demonstrate knowledge of digital methods for capturing human movement and transforming it through editing and design processes;
- produce a mixed reality performance with digital agents;
- describe the significance of the technologizing of human movement to the field of dance studies.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE20034 | Dance Lab 3: Repertory Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
DNCE20035 | Knowing Dance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DNCE20019 | Choreographic Process into Performance 4 | 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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Essay: The history, theory and practice of digital dance
| Week 5 | 50% |
Create a 20-minute mixed reality performance as a group accompanied by a statement
| End of semester | 50% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes to be eligible for a pass in this subject. | 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 2
Coordinator Megan Beckwith Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 160 hours Total time commitment 204 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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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