Modern Dance Techniques

Subject DNCE60013 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Credit Points: 6.25
Level: 6 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2014.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 5 hours per week including lectures, tutorials, reading and self directed practice
Total Time Commitment: Not available
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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:

This subject investigates the codified Modern Dance training techniques. In practical sessions students will learn the fundamentals of particular vocabularies such as the Graham and Cunningham techniques. The focus will be on analyzing the value of drawing from these codified techniques when teaching Contemporary Dance technique classes. Historical and contextual information relating to the innovators behind these forms will also be studied.
Learning Outcomes:

Assessment:

Contribution and participation in class discussion plus engagement with practical work (30%); practicum (30%); written assignment 1,500 words (40%).
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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

  • The ability to physically imitate and learn movement material

  • The capacity to direct and engage others constructively and experientially

  • The capacity to impart information and knowledge

  • The ability to apply theory to practice

  • The ability to identify aesthetic domains

  • The capacity to interpret and analyse

  • The ability to evaluate and synthesise data and other information

  • The ability to communicate orally, kinesthetically and in writing.
Links to further information: http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/
Notes:

Not offered in 2009

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