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Dance Lab 4: Composing while Dancing (DNCE20036)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 25On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Anna Smith: smitham@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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In this subject, students continue to build upon their knowledge of dance practice, widening their approach to engage in choreographic thinking.
Dancers train through daily classes to maximise their movement potential – including through articulation and extension of the body – augmenting their range of movement for performance within diverse contexts whilst growing a moving identity that can propel their performance of presence into unfamiliar contact zones.
Physical theatre and improvisation skills in partnering and tumbling are introduced as students gain enhanced knowledge about dynamic flow into and out of the floor. Dance Science and somatic practices continue to underpin students learning through an integrated approach that fosters creative resilience, safety, health, wellbeing and sustained attention. Music and musicality continue to be emphasised through the presence of live music and vocal exercises for dancers to enhance the feeling tone of their embodied dancing.
Dancers train to articulate the body so that movements become more precise and refined. Dance phrases are integrated fully and adapted in relation to each individual student. Physical conditioning primes the dancer for more possibilities for movement. At the same time presence and movement awareness is taught through a multi-directional approach. Choreographic tools complement dance training providing the means by which dancers can start to shape their own movement worlds.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- embody dance phrases with dynamic range and musicality;
- map movement from one part of the body to another and between levels using isometric processes and scores;
- demonstrate active listening and appropriate energy to connect to movement and space through physical theatre skills and partnering;
- engage physical and vocal skills to meet the demands of performance environments;
- apply a range of choreographic tools to dance problems and be able to reflect upon these.
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
DNCE20014 Choreographic Process into Performance 3
DNCE20018 Dance Technique 4
DNCE20020 Integrated Body Mind Practices 3
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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Develop a choreographic score
| Mid teaching period | 20% |
Participation and engagement with all practical exercises, preparation and performance
| End of the teaching period | 20% |
Reflective journal documenting engagement with class tasks and processes undertaken
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
2-hour class performance: Completion of practical tasks and movement sequences
| End of the teaching 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: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Anna Smith Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 264 hours, comprising 22 hours of class per week Total time commitment 408 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Anna Smith: smitham@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
Last updated: 31 January 2024