Choreography 3B

Subject DNCE30004 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

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

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

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
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

Dance Making - Students design their own projects in discussion with the supervisor. Students are encouraged to extend their knowledge and choreographic practice in a specific interest area, subject to the availability of resources, staff and student numbers. Students further explore individual movement qualities with a focus on dance for screen.
Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this subject, students should 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%); presentation of choreographic project (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 ability to create and organise aesthetic material;
  • the ability to exercise imaginative and transformative processes;
  • the ability to solve problems;
  • the capacity to apply theory to practice in the creation of artistic work;
  • the capacity for critical thinking;
  • the ability to work collaboratively;
  • the capacity to recognise and work within aesthetic domains;
  • the ability to use relevant computer software.
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Dance (VCA)

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