Choreography 3C

Subject DNCE30005 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 6.25
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

Semester 2, Southbank - 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
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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

756-320 Choreography 3A
Corequisites: None
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
Email: vcam-info@unimelb.edu.au
Tel: +61 3 9685 9419
Fax: +61 3 9685 9358
Web: www.vcam.unimelb.edu.au
Subject Overview:

Performacne - Students will collaborate in development prcesses and performances of new dance works with Choreography 3B choreographers and/or Postgraduate choreographers, as approved by the supervisor. Students will develop skills in production management, stage management, lighting, set and costume design and projection and apply these to the collaborative and performance processes.
Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students shold be able to

  • devise own creative projects reflecting clear intentions;
  • develop a personal movement vocabulary and its organisation in space/time;
  • explore, manipulate and extend choreographic phrases;
  • conceptualise and devise site specific choreographic work.
Assessment:

Participation and contribution to course work including satisfactory completion of set tasks (30%); Performance of at least two works totalling a minimum of 15 minutes (70%). Hurdle requirement - 80% attendance.
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:

  • the capacity for movement in particular aesthetic domains;
  • the ability to apply theory to practice;
  • the ability to perform;
  • the capacity for collaborative learning;
  • the ability to work in a team;
  • the ability to communicate in oral and written form.
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Dance (VCA)

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