Dance Technique 3B

Subject DNCE30007 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Credit Points: 18.75
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: 15 hours per week
Total Time Commitment:

15 hours per week
Prerequisites:

756-330 Dance Technique 3A

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
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 Technique 3A and 3B represent the culmination of the dance artist's training at the VCA. The training paradigm in contemporary and classical dance techniques is continued with 5 classes a week in both Ballet and Contemporary Dance and regular exposure to guest teachers and practising artists from the field.
Learning Outcomes:

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 particular contemporary movement techniques
• A facility with ballet technique
• 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 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 particular contemporary movement techniques;
  • a facility with ballet technique;
  • 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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