Composition Strategies A

Subject 756-840 (2008)

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Credit Points: 6.250
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
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Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 2 hours per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

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Subject Overview:

Dance making fundamentals: corporeal activity, space, and time are investigated within aesthetic parameters to develop dance material. The dancer's relationship to her or his specific spatial context is explored. Strategies of repetition and imaginative variation are applied to phrase material and short performance studies created.

Assessment: Three short dance works each with specific objectives reflecting the course objectives, of between three and five minutes duration (70%) and written assignments and short reports equivalent to not more than 1,500 words (30%).
Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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