Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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• Unit Title

  Secondment and Industry Placement

• Unit Code

  DAN3120

• Year

  2017

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  10

• Full Year Unit

  Y

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

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Description

This unit is designed to facilitate the transition from the institution to the workplace. As such it is important that students assume a level of personal responsibility in researching and selecting potential secondment placements. While many students select professional or semi-professional companies, students are encouraged to think about a broad range of options including service organisations, teaching positions, choreographic mentorships and community dance projects. This is an opportunity to benchmark and evaluate performance in relation to others in the workplace. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of skills in critical listening, written and oral communication, and basic research, to generate ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats. The importance of physical, social and cultural sustainability relating to artform practice and professional career paths is also embraced in this unit through: the choice or repertoire; duty of care in public performance environments; engagement with industry partners; building social and cultural confidence via exposure to diverse performance environments locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse and assess the skills required in particular professional roles.
2. Appreciate the breadth of the dance community and the broad range of roles and jobs people perform.
3. Communicate and liaise effectively with various sectors of the dance community.
4. Demonstrate development in literacy and research skills.
5. Demonstrate initiative in the work place to develop networking skills.
6. Demonstrate work place independence and self-discipline.
7. Express in both oral and written formats clarity of ideas and concepts.
8. Integrate professional attitudes in the workplace at all times and to respond to key features in the workplace environment appropriately.
9. Organise, research and time manage preparation and presentation of work.

Unit Content

1. Expression of ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats.
2. Funding structures for the arts - the Australia Council, state funding bodies, community and council structures and private endowments.
3. Performance venues.
4. Research planning and critical desision making in assignment preparation and presentation.
5. The Australian dance context - companies (national, state and local). The definitions and organisational differences between these companies.
6. The independent artist.
7. The links between the profession and education - the dance-in-education company.
8. The role and function of the company's/ organisation's board - responsibilities and liabilities.
9. The role of service organisations in the arts - the MEAA and Ausdance.
10. The roles and functions of company staff members - artistic director, managers, publicists.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminar discussions, Performance analysis, Analysis of workplace protocols and conventions.

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 Board of Examiners.

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