Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Perform basic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance technique
  • Unit Code

    CUADAN204A
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    80
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to appreciate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance as an art form and to perform basic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance forms and techniques. It is intended that this unit be delivered by and to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The knowledge required to achieve competency in this unit may only be accessible to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and may be the cultural and intellectual property of specific communities. Respect and maintenance of community protocols would need to be adhered to. Organisations delivering this unit would be expected to work closely with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community or Community Advisory Board (CAB). Information on the composition and role of CABs is provided in the Assessment Guidelines in CUA11 Live Performance Training Package.

Elements

  • Perform short dance sequences
  • Develop basic dance performance skills
  • Develop an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance as an art form

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to: reproduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance exercises and sequences, within personal capabilities convey the basic spirituality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance steps and movements display fluency of movement apply the basic concepts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander dance to own performances.

Assessment

Assessment may take place on the job, off the job (for example in communities and training organisations) or a combination of on and off the job. This unit requires access to: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders, custodians and other culturally knowledgeable people authorised by their communities to act as mentors in performance disciplines appropriate dance performance areas or spaces, including outdoor locations. Trainers and assessors in this unit should be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people validated by the Community Advisory Board set up to oversee implementation of this training. They must ensure that the cultural and intellectual property rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are protected.

Assessment

GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA Vet only

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Perform basic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance technique
  • Unit Code

    CUADAN204A
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    80
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to appreciate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance as an art form and to perform basic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance forms and techniques. It is intended that this unit be delivered by and to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The knowledge required to achieve competency in this unit may only be accessible to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and may be the cultural and intellectual property of specific communities. Respect and maintenance of community protocols would need to be adhered to. Organisations delivering this unit would be expected to work closely with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community or Community Advisory Board (CAB). Information on the composition and role of CABs is provided in the Assessment Guidelines in CUA11 Live Performance Training Package.

Elements

  • Perform short dance sequences
  • Develop basic dance performance skills
  • Develop an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance as an art form

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to: reproduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance exercises and sequences, within personal capabilities convey the basic spirituality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance steps and movements display fluency of movement apply the basic concepts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander dance to own performances.

Assessment

Assessment may take place on the job, off the job (for example in communities and training organisations) or a combination of on and off the job. This unit requires access to: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders, custodians and other culturally knowledgeable people authorised by their communities to act as mentors in performance disciplines appropriate dance performance areas or spaces, including outdoor locations. Trainers and assessors in this unit should be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people validated by the Community Advisory Board set up to oversee implementation of this training. They must ensure that the cultural and intellectual property rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are protected.

Assessment

GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA Vet only

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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