Dance Technique 1A

Subject DNCE10003 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 18.75
Level: 1 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

Semester 1, 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: 15 hours per week
Total Time Commitment: 15 hours per week
Prerequisites: None
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:

The study of a range of dance techniques provides intensive training for the dance artist. Four classes a week in both Contemporary Dance and Ballet, plus one class a week in Jazz Dance and a tenth elective class in either Ballet or Contemporary Dance form this subject. Training in the 3 techniques will focus on dynamic alignment, development of strength, coordination, flexibility, agility, cardiovascular endurance and control.
Objectives:

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 contemporary, classical and jazz dance techniques;
  • the application of theory to practice;
  • the capacity to synthesise data and evaluate information;
  • capacities of imagination, transformation, and interpretation;
  • the ability to perform.
Assessment:

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

  • the capacity for kinaesthetic awareness;
  • the ability to move within aesthetic domains;
  • the facility to dance in contemporary, classical and jazz dance techniques;
  • 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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