Performance 3B

Subject DNCE30008 (2013)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2013.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2013.

Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 10 hours per week
Total Time Commitment:

10 hours per week

Prerequisites:

756-313 Performance 3A

Corequisites:

756-331 Dance Technique 3B

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None

Non Allowed Subjects:

None

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirments for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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Contact

Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

Development of performance skills and artistry is central to a dancer's development. Across the three years students will work with leading and emerging choreographers on the development and performance of new dance works. Students may also study and perform a range of dance repertoire. This will provide a variety of performance experiences that will extend and enhance the student's skill base and artistic development. In Performance 3B students will work as an ensemble on the development and performance of a graduation season.

Objectives:
  • demonstrate an ability to work cooperatively, harmoniously and imaginatively with choreographers and other dancers;
  • perform with a varied range of interpretative and creative skills;
  • perform in a wide variety of dance styles;
  • demonstate maturity, professionalism, reliability and endurance;
  • perform works from the professional dance repertoire;
  • articulate the dance-making process and structure;
  • deploy effective rehearsal and production procedures, techniques and skills involved in the creation and staging of a dance performance;
  • apply theatre technology in a creative and flexible way;
  • evaluate various legal and ethical considerations that are applicable to the dance profession;
  • explore performance procedures and requirements within a variety of venues and contexts.
Assessment:

Performance assessment based on the quality of performance (60%); participation and contribution to rehearsal process (40%).

Prescribed Texts:

None

Recommended Texts:

None

Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

On completion of this subject students should have acquired the following skills:

  • the capacity for working in a team;
  • the ability to move within aesthetic domains;
  • the facility to perform;
  • the capacity for kinaesthetic awareness;
  • the ability to interpret and analyse.
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Dance (VCA)

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