Performance 2B

This subject is not offered in 2014.

5 hours per week

756-213 Performance 2A

756-231 Dance Technique 2B

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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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During the three year course students will work with leading and emerging choreographers on the development and performance of new dance works. Students may also study and perform a range of dance repertoire to provide a variety of performance experiences. Performance 2B will culminate in the performance of a dance work as part of the School of Dance November performance season, involving 1st and 2nd Year students. Lectures in Production Studies (approximately 6 hours per semester) will focus on technical aspects of the theatre and include technical assistance in a college performance by postgraduate students, Student Works, ArtEd performance or similar.

• demonstrate an ability to work cooperatively, harmoniously and imaginatively with choreographers and other dancers;
• perform with a varied range of interpretative and creative skills;
• perform in a wide variety of dance styles;
• demonstate maturity, professionalism, reliability and endurance;
• perform works from the professional dance repertoire;
• articulate the dance-making process and structure;
• deploy effective rehearsal and production procedures, techniques and skills involved in the creation and staging of a dance performance;
• apply theatre technology in a creative and flexible way;
• evaluate various legal and ethical considerations that are applicable to the dance profession;
• explore performance procedures and requirements within a variety of venues and contexts.

Performance assessment (50%); participation and contribution to rehearsal process and production studies (30%); evaluation report of 1000 words (20%).

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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

• the capacity for working in a team;
• the ability to work within aesthetic domains;
• the facility to perform;
• the capacity for kinaesthetic awareness;
• the ability to interpret and analyse;
• the capacity to communicate in oral and written forms.