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School: Education

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

    Dance History and Analysis

  • Unit Code

    DAE1035

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

The unit addresses the history and philosophical movements of dance including ballet, contemporary and musical theatre. Major contributors to the development of dance are discussed and the links between social and historical factors and these developments are explored.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded AWD1206, DAN1035

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the nature of western dance forms in terms of class, gender, other political constructs and aesthetics.
  2. Demonstrate an imaginative approach to the challenges and difficulties faced by dance practices in currently held social values.
  3. Differentiate between the approaches, styles and vocabulary of ballet/modern/contemporary dance choreographers of different periods and within pertinent cultural contexts.
  4. Employ techniques of research and analysis in writing a major essay on a defined dance history topic with appropriate referencing of citations and bibliography.
  5. Identify the aesthetic characteristics and professional achievements and motivations of selected Australian choreographers.
  6. Identify the major contributors to dance and articulate the philosophical premises of their choreography, musical compositions and design elements.
  7. Organise and time manage preparation and presentation of work.
  8. Research and present an analytical seminar on a chosen topic of the designated curriculum that demonstrates a facility with technical and descriptive language.
  9. Write a critically informed and imaginative performance review.

Unit Content

  1. A study of current Australian choreographers with particular emphasis on their positioning in national and international (where applicable) contexts.
  2. Expression of ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats.
  3. Philosophies and practices of pioneers in the main genres of dance and their subsequent lineages.
  4. Research, planning and critical decision making in assignment preparation and presentation.
  5. The defining characteristics and major influences of romanticism, expressionism, modernism, post-modernism in dance and related art forms.
  6. The socio/political/aesthetic trends in the Arts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops, seminars, video analysis, performance analysis, research and discussions, blackboard documents and materials; collaborative group work and discussion; professional reading; independent study.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReviewCritical Review40%
Case StudyCase Study50%
ParticipationWorkshop Activities10%

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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School: Education

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

    Dance History and Analysis

  • Unit Code

    DAE1035

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

The unit addresses the history and philosophical movements of dance including ballet, contemporary and musical theatre. Major contributors to the development of dance are discussed and the links between social and historical factors and these developments are explored.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded AWD1206, DAN1035

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the nature of western dance forms in terms of class, gender, other political constructs and aesthetics.
  2. Demonstrate an imaginative approach to the challenges and difficulties faced by dance practices in currently held social values.
  3. Differentiate between the approaches, styles and vocabulary of ballet/modern/contemporary dance choreographers of different periods and within pertinent cultural contexts.
  4. Employ techniques of research and analysis in writing a major essay on a defined dance history topic with appropriate referencing of citations and bibliography.
  5. Identify the aesthetic characteristics and professional achievements and motivations of selected Australian choreographers.
  6. Identify the major contributors to dance and articulate the philosophical premises of their choreography, musical compositions and design elements.
  7. Organise and time manage preparation and presentation of work.
  8. Research and present an analytical seminar on a chosen topic of the designated curriculum that demonstrates a facility with technical and descriptive language.
  9. Write a critically informed and imaginative performance review.

Unit Content

  1. A study of current Australian choreographers with particular emphasis on their positioning in national and international (where applicable) contexts.
  2. Expression of ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats.
  3. Philosophies and practices of pioneers in the main genres of dance and their subsequent lineages.
  4. Research, planning and critical decision making in assignment preparation and presentation.
  5. The defining characteristics and major influences of romanticism, expressionism, modernism, post-modernism in dance and related art forms.
  6. The socio/political/aesthetic trends in the Arts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops, seminars, video analysis, performance analysis, research and discussions, blackboard documents and materials; collaborative group work and discussion; professional reading; independent study.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReviewCritical Review40%
Case StudyCase Study50%
ParticipationWorkshop Activities10%

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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