ACD307 - Specialised Technique and Dance Performance

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Olivia Millard

Prerequisite:

ACD204 or equivalent studies approved by the Unit chair

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

AAP315, ACD407

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

2 x 1.5 hour Studio per week, 1 x 2 hour Studio per week

Content

Students will undertake regular technique classes, which increasingly refer to resources for building kinaesthetic imagination and articulation. These resources can include developmental movement, ideokinesis, and release technique. Composition seminars introduce experimental approaches used by post-modern dance artists in the second part of the twentieth century. Readings in dance history leading to written discussion of an essay question also focus on this period.

Assessment

Assessment 1 - Ongoing progress and development in contemporary dance technique and contribution to choreographic workshops - 35%

Assessment 2 - Two assessed composition assignments - 35%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Written assignment (1200 words) - 30%

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