Allied Dance Studies 2A

Subject 756-235 (2009)

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Credit Points: 6.25
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 3 hours per week
Total Time Commitment: 5 hours per week
Prerequisites:

87.5 credit points from Year 1 including Allied Dance Studies 1A and 1B

Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Contact

Student and Academic Services, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, 234 St Kilda Road, Southbank Vic 3006 Tel: 03 9685 9419

Subject Overview:

This subject comprises contemporary duo, pas de deux, repertoire (ballet or contemporary), pointe and improvisation. Students are required to elect 3 units of study in each year to complete 6 units in Allied Dance Studies 1 & 2. The elective units must be studied sequentially for 2 semesters. The 6 units elected in Allied Dance Studies 1 and 2 can be sequential to allow for specialisation or non-sequential to facilitate breadth in content.

Assessment:

Participation and contribution to course work (20% x 3); performance in an assessment class/es in each unit (10% x 3); written assignment totalling no more than 1500 words (10%). Hurdle requirement - 80% attendance.

Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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Generic Skills:

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

  • the capacity for kinaesthetic awareness;
  • the ability to recognise and move within particular aesthetic domains;
  • the capacity to synthesise data and evaluate information;
  • the capacity for imaginative, transformative and interpretive activity;
  • the ability to perform.
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Dance (VCA)

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