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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.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to show range, depth, precision and complexity across ballet technique and classical and contemporary repertoire at a professional level.
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Evidence of the ability to: - demonstrate the fundamental technical principles in classical ballet through executing the following: - high level of coordination of limbs, torso and head - high level of spatial awareness in group movements - alignment and extensions in highly difficult combinations - skills and speed in directional changes - reproduction of complex movement sequences on both sides of the body - develop professional practice - use ballet terminology correctly. Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.
To complete the unit requirements the individual must: - explain how the following principles relate to physical movements and ballet technique: - extending - folding - relationship with gravity - rotating - shifting weight - spatial awareness - successional movement - use of breath - explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention: - articulation of the spine - engagement of the feet - bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso - range of motion of the joints - differentiation of the legs and pelvis - explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to dance technique - demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the history and philosophical nature of ballet.
Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to: - fully equipped dance studios with suitable flooring - appropriate music or accompanists. Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
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.
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.
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:
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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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.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to show range, depth, precision and complexity across ballet technique and classical and contemporary repertoire at a professional level.
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Evidence of the ability to: - demonstrate the fundamental technical principles in classical ballet through executing the following: - high level of coordination of limbs, torso and head - high level of spatial awareness in group movements - alignment and extensions in highly difficult combinations - skills and speed in directional changes - reproduction of complex movement sequences on both sides of the body - develop professional practice - use ballet terminology correctly. Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.
To complete the unit requirements the individual must: - explain how the following principles relate to physical movements and ballet technique: - extending - folding - relationship with gravity - rotating - shifting weight - spatial awareness - successional movement - use of breath - explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention: - articulation of the spine - engagement of the feet - bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso - range of motion of the joints - differentiation of the legs and pelvis - explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to dance technique - demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the history and philosophical nature of ballet.
Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to: - fully equipped dance studios with suitable flooring - appropriate music or accompanists. Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
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.
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.
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:
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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