Composition Strategies 2A

Subject 756-849 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 7 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
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: 3 hours per week
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

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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:

The student will explore the relationships of dance, light and space, and composition issues arising from choreographic processes in specific sites and designed spaces.

Assessment:

The realisation of practical studies (70%); written assignments and reports equivalent to not more than 3,000 words (30%).

Prescribed Texts: Nil
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 the student should have acquired the following skills:

  • the ability to create and organise aesthetic material;
  • the capacity for imaginative and transformative processes;
  • the ability to solve problems;
  • the capacity to interpret and analyse;
  • the capacity to communicate orally and in writing.
Links to further information: http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Master of Choreography (Course Work)

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