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Knowing Dance (DNCE20035)

Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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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: 5 February 2024

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

DNCE20017 Dance Lineages 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: 5 February 2024

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

5-minute PechaKucha style presentation

  • 1200 words (equivalent)
Mid teaching period30%

Essay: Reflect upon Australian dance histories in relation to First Nations and settler cultures

  • 2000 words
End of the teaching period50%

5-minute performance of an archive or re-enactment of a choreography

  • 800 words (equivalent)
End of the teaching period20%
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 periodN/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 periodN/A

Last updated: 5 February 2024

Dates & times

  • Semester 1
    CoordinatorPhillip Adams
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Southbank)
    Contact hours72 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture, one 2-hour tutorial, one 2-hour workshop and one 1-hour reading group workshop per week
    Total time commitment204 hours
    Teaching period26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024
    Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024
    Census date 3 April 2024
    Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024
    Assessment period ends21 June 2024

    Semester 1 contact information

    Phillip Adams: padams@unimelb.edu.au

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Last updated: 5 February 2024

Further information

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    There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.

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    This subject contributes to the following:

    TypeName
    CourseBachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)

Last updated: 5 February 2024