Dance Lab 3: Repertory Studies (DNCE20034)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 25On Campus (Southbank)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
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This subject has a focus on dance theatre skills. Building on the work of previous semesters, this subject extends the dancer’s embodied, creative and technical flexibility through continued studio technical training incorporating skills in voice and use of text.
More complex understanding of body awareness, kinesthetic pathways, movement coordination, breath patterns and motor learning is supported by tasking and advanced instruction that explores narrative and meaning in contemporary contexts of performance. Detailed gestural and whole body movement is integrated allowing the students to extend their capacity to metamorphose the quality and distinction of their movement. Musicality and rhythmic knowledge are deepened and collaborations with live music cultivates an attuned sensitivity to the space and tone of attention in the relationship between dancer and musician. Voice skills are developed through vocal warm-ups and the learning of sung and percussive scores.
Connecting technical training with repertory work, in Dance Lab 3 students also develop skills in creative dexterity as they apply technical knowledge to the interpretation and recreation of dance scores. Students continue to apply an autonomous practice addressing specific technical and creative goals in consultation with staff, building fitness, flexible thinking, resilience, creativity, conceptual dexterity and self-confidence as performers.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- apply flexible movement solutions to technical exercises and demands;
- integrate levels of movement and changes in scale through body awareness and movement sensitivity in interpreting phrases and spatializing concepts;
- generate informed and imaginative choices in interpreting music with changing rhythms and textures;
- employ an expanding range of movement choices in improvisation and problem-solving tasks and be able to reflect upon these;
- apply and sustain informed curiosity and discipline in independent and collaborative exercises and tasks.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
DNCE10019 Choreographic Process into Performance 2
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
3-minute class presentation of a set and improvised sequence
| Early in the teaching period | 20% |
3-minute Voice and Movement exercise
| Second half of the teaching period | 20% |
4-minute Dance Theatre skills integrating voice and movement techniques
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Written journal, critically reflecting upon and creatively evaluating the student experience
| During the assessment period | 30% |
| 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. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Gareth Belling Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 255 hours, comprising 21 hours of class per week Total time commitment 408 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 31 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 Semester 1 contact information
Gareth Belling: gareth.belling@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
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Last updated: 4 March 2025