Dance Technique 3B

Subject 756-331 (2009)

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Credit Points: 18.75
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 15 hours per week
Total Time Commitment: 15 hours per week
Prerequisites:

Dance Technique 3A

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:

Dance Technique 3A and 3B represent the culmination of the dance artist's training at the VCA. The training paradigm in contemporary and classical dance techniques is continued with 5 classes a week in both Ballet and Contemporary Dance and regular exposure to guest teachers and practising artists from the field.

Assessment:

Assessment in practical class work is comprehensive and includes assessment for progress, random assessment, self assessment and formal assessment class.

Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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Generic Skills:

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

  • the capacity for kinaesthetic awareness;
  • the ability to move within aesthetic domains;
  • the facility to dance in particular contemporary movement techniques;
  • a facility with ballet technique;
  • the application of theory to practice;
  • the capacity to synthesise data and evaluate information;
  • capacities of imagination, transformation, and interpretation;
  • the ability to perform.
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Dance (VCA)

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