School: Western Australian 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
Dance History and Analysis 3Unit Code
DAN3235Year
2016Enrolment Period
1Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
Y
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Description
The analysis of dance focuses on current art-form developments, aesthetics, critical writing and world dance fusions. Through examining the breadth and diversity of the profession, including perspectives on the emerging screen and technological developments in dance contexts, the student will be encouraged to form an individual philosophy of dance in contemporary Australian society, acknowledging the cultural, political and economic complexities facing the dance practitioner in the 21st century. 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.
Prerequisite Rule
Students must pass 1 units from DAN2135
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Analyse the inter-relationship and implications of dance and technology in current dance practices with special reference to issues of interactivity and screen dance.
- Apply contextualised verbal and audio-visual information to the current dance scene.
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of companies, choreographers and dancers operating in the global advantages and restraints of the world today.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current experiments in the international dance scene and their contexts.
- Express in both oral and written formats clarity of ideas and concepts.
- Grasp the processes of fusions in the formation of identity expressed through choreography with special reference to evolutions in African and Spanish/South American dance forms and current notions of hybridity.
- Offer imaginative and informed suggestions to work towards the sustainability of cultural practices in the 21st century.
- Organise and time manage preparation and presentation of work.
Unit Content
- Australian approaches to Community Dance.
- Current companies, dance artists and political status of dance within Europe, North America and Australia.
- Current processes of identity formation in the hybrid works by artists of first nation peoples and immigrant communities in Asian and Australian contexts.
- Evolutionary processes involved in the historical formation of identity in the dance forms of Africa and Spain and their diasporas in Latin America.
- Expression of ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats.
- Research, planning and critical decision making in assignment preparation and presentation.
- The impact of the screen technologies on dance.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Seminars. Video analysis. Performance analysis. 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 Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Presentation | Seminar presentation | 20% |
| Review | Three dance reviews | 30% |
| Research Paper | Major research paper | 50% |
Text References
- Birringer, J. (1998). Media & performance: Along the border. Maryland: John Hopkins University Press.
- Buckland, T. J. (Ed.). (1999). Dance in the field: Theory, methods and issues in dance ethnography. Hampshire: Macmillan Press.
- Caspersen, D. (2000). It starts from any point: Bill and the Frankfurt Ballet: Choreography and dance: William Forsythe 5.3, 134-144
- Albright, A. C. (1997). Choreographing difference: The body and identity in contemporary dance. Hanover: University Press of New England.
- van Erven, E. (2001). Community theatre: Global perspectives. London: Routledge.
- Foster, S. L. (Ed.). (1996). Corporealities, dancing knowledge, culture and power. London: Routledge.
- Risner, D. (2000). Making dance, making sense: Epistemology and choreography. Research in Dance Education. 1.2, 155-172
- Morris, G. (Ed.). (1996). Moving words: Re-writing dance. London: Routledge.
- Kisliuk, M. (2001). Seize the dance : Baaka musica life and the ethnography of performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Goellner, E. W., & Murphy, J. S. (1995). Bodies of the text: Dance as theory, literature as dance. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
- Fraleigh, S. H., & Hanstein, P. ( Eds.). (1999). Researching dance: Evolving modes of inquiry. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
- Shapiro, S. B. (Ed.). (1998). Dance, power and difference. Champaign: Human Kinetics Publishers.
Journal References
- Ballett International: Tanz Aktuell
- Dance Research Journal
- Dance Now
- Dance Research
- Dance Europe
- JASHM (Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement)
- Choreography and Dance
- Impulse
- Contact Quarterly
- Dance Chronicle
- Brolga
- Studies in Dance History
- Writings on Dance
- Dance & Dancers
- Dance Magazine
- Dance Australia
- Dancing Times
- Performing Arts Journal
- Performance Research
Other References
- A Century of Tango: Documentary of the dance and Argentinian history, SBS, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Spring Re-Loaded 4. Random Dance Company: The Millenarium, UK, Place Videos, 1994. Note: VIDEO
- Bausch, Pina. Un Jour Pina a demande, Director Chantal Ackerman, France. Note: VIDEO
- Bill T. Jones. Still/Here, USA, 1996. Note: VIDEO
- Charlebois, Joanne & Vasselin, Harold. Carnets de traversee. Note: VIDEO
- Quais Ouest; Jean, Rodrigue & Tafel, Tedi. La Deroute,Netherlands, editions a voir, 1990-1. Note: VIDEO
- Chunky Move, CORRUPTED, video & CD Rom, Australia, Cinemedia, 1999. Note: VIDEO
- Davies, Siobhan. Wanting to tell stories. UK. Note: VIDEO
- Dominique Petit & Claude Val. Les Tournesols, Netherlands, editions a voir, 1991. Note: VIDEO
- Dove, Ulysses. Two by Dove, UK, BBC/RM Arts, 1995. Note: VIDEO
- Various Artists. Dance of the Century Part 1: French Contemporary Dance Scene, USA. Note: VIDEO
- Vandekeybus, Wim. Roseland, Ultima Vez, Belgium. Note: VIDEO
- The Shape of Darkness: Dogun segment, USA. Note: VIDEO
- Spring Re-loaded 4. Scag + Memories + No shade + Maze + -- With stream Jeremy James, Jo Chandler & Company UK, Place Videos, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Spring Re-loaded 3, Nahid Siddiqui & Co. Rung & Interview UK, Place Videos, 1997. Note: VIDEO
- Shobana Jeyesingh Dance Company. Memory and Other Props: A Fine Frenzy, UK, Place Videos, 2000. Note: VIDEO
- Sally Potter. The Tango Lesson, UK, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Russell Maliphant, Critical Mass, Straight Up, UK, BBC, 1999. Note: VIDEO
- Rosas. Achterland, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Netherlands, editions a voir, 1993. Note: VIDEO
- Nederlands Dans Theater 1. Petit Mort & Sarabande, Jiri Kylian, UK, SBS, 1999. Note: VIDEO
- Ndembele: Women and Art: USA. Note: VIDEO
- LaLaLa Human Steps. Velasquez's Little Museum, Canada, SBS, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Healey, Sue. Slipped: Microdance, Australia, ABC, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Greenaway, Peter. Not Mozart, UK, 1991. Note: VIDEO
- DV8 Physical Theatre. Enter Achilles, UK, RM Arts, 1996. Note: VIDEO
- A Century of Tango: Documentary of the dance and Argentinian history, SBS, 1998. Note: VIDEO
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: Western Australian 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
Dance History and Analysis 3Unit Code
DAN3235Year
2016Enrolment Period
2Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
Y
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Description
The analysis of dance focuses on current art-form developments, aesthetics, critical writing and world dance fusions. Through examining the breadth and diversity of the profession, including perspectives on the emerging screen and technological developments in dance contexts, the student will be encouraged to form an individual philosophy of dance in contemporary Australian society, acknowledging the cultural, political and economic complexities facing the dance practitioner in the 21st century. 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.
Prerequisite Rule
Students must pass 1 units from DAN2135
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Analyse the inter-relationship and implications of dance and technology in current dance practices with special reference to issues of interactivity and screen dance.
- Apply contextualised verbal and audio-visual information to the current dance scene.
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of companies, choreographers and dancers operating in the global advantages and restraints of the world today.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current experiments in the international dance scene and their contexts.
- Express in both oral and written formats clarity of ideas and concepts.
- Grasp the processes of fusions in the formation of identity expressed through choreography with special reference to evolutions in African and Spanish/South American dance forms and current notions of hybridity.
- Offer imaginative and informed suggestions to work towards the sustainability of cultural practices in the 21st century.
- Organise and time manage preparation and presentation of work.
Unit Content
- Australian approaches to Community Dance.
- Current companies, dance artists and political status of dance within Europe, North America and Australia.
- Current processes of identity formation in the hybrid works by artists of first nation peoples and immigrant communities in Asian and Australian contexts.
- Evolutionary processes involved in the historical formation of identity in the dance forms of Africa and Spain and their diasporas in Latin America.
- Expression of ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats.
- Research, planning and critical decision making in assignment preparation and presentation.
- The impact of the screen technologies on dance.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Seminars. Video analysis. Performance analysis. 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 Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Presentation | Seminar presentation | 20% |
| Review | Three dance reviews | 30% |
| Research Paper | Major research paper | 50% |
Text References
- Birringer, J. (1998). Media & performance: Along the border. Maryland: John Hopkins University Press.
- Buckland, T. J. (Ed.). (1999). Dance in the field: Theory, methods and issues in dance ethnography. Hampshire: Macmillan Press.
- Caspersen, D. (2000). It starts from any point: Bill and the Frankfurt Ballet: Choreography and dance: William Forsythe 5.3, 134-144
- Albright, A. C. (1997). Choreographing difference: The body and identity in contemporary dance. Hanover: University Press of New England.
- Shapiro, S. B. (Ed.). (1998). Dance, power and difference. Champaign: Human Kinetics Publishers.
- Foster, S. L. (Ed.). (1996). Corporealities, dancing knowledge, culture and power. London: Routledge.
- Risner, D. (2000). Making dance, making sense: Epistemology and choreography. Research in Dance Education. 1.2, 155-172
- Morris, G. (Ed.). (1996). Moving words: Re-writing dance. London: Routledge.
- Kisliuk, M. (2001). Seize the dance : Baaka musica life and the ethnography of performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Goellner, E. W., & Murphy, J. S. (1995). Bodies of the text: Dance as theory, literature as dance. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
- Fraleigh, S. H., & Hanstein, P. ( Eds.). (1999). Researching dance: Evolving modes of inquiry. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
- van Erven, E. (2001). Community theatre: Global perspectives. London: Routledge.
Journal References
- Ballett International: Tanz Aktuell
- Dance Research Journal
- Dance Research
- Dance Now
- Dance Europe
- JASHM (Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement)
- Choreography and Dance
- Impulse
- Contact Quarterly
- Dance Chronicle
- Brolga
- Studies in Dance History
- Writings on Dance
- Dance & Dancers
- Dance Magazine
- Dance Australia
- Dancing Times
- Performing Arts Journal
- Performance Research
Other References
- A Century of Tango: Documentary of the dance and Argentinian history, SBS, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Spring Re-Loaded 4. Random Dance Company: The Millenarium, UK, Place Videos, 1994. Note: VIDEO
- Bausch, Pina. Un Jour Pina a demande, Director Chantal Ackerman, France. Note: VIDEO
- Bill T. Jones. Still/Here, USA, 1996. Note: VIDEO
- Charlebois, Joanne & Vasselin, Harold. Carnets de traversee. Note: VIDEO
- Quais Ouest; Jean, Rodrigue & Tafel, Tedi. La Deroute,Netherlands, editions a voir, 1990-1. Note: VIDEO
- Chunky Move, CORRUPTED, video & CD Rom, Australia, Cinemedia, 1999. Note: VIDEO
- Davies, Siobhan. Wanting to tell stories. UK. Note: VIDEO
- Dominique Petit & Claude Val. Les Tournesols, Netherlands, editions a voir, 1991. Note: VIDEO
- Dove, Ulysses. Two by Dove, UK, BBC/RM Arts, 1995. Note: VIDEO
- Various Artists. Dance of the Century Part 1: French Contemporary Dance Scene, USA. Note: VIDEO
- Vandekeybus, Wim. Roseland, Ultima Vez, Belgium. Note: VIDEO
- The Shape of Darkness: Dogun segment, USA. Note: VIDEO
- Spring Re-loaded 4. Scag + Memories + No shade + Maze + -- With stream Jeremy James, Jo Chandler & Company UK, Place Videos, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Spring Re-loaded 3, Nahid Siddiqui & Co. Rung & Interview UK, Place Videos, 1997. Note: VIDEO
- Shobana Jeyesingh Dance Company. Memory and Other Props: A Fine Frenzy, UK, Place Videos, 2000. Note: VIDEO
- Sally Potter. The Tango Lesson, UK, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Russell Maliphant, Critical Mass, Straight Up, UK, BBC, 1999. Note: VIDEO
- Rosas. Achterland, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Netherlands, editions a voir, 1993. Note: VIDEO
- Nederlands Dans Theater 1. Petit Mort & Sarabande, Jiri Kylian, UK, SBS, 1999. Note: VIDEO
- Ndembele: Women and Art: USA. Note: VIDEO
- LaLaLa Human Steps. Velasquez's Little Museum, Canada, SBS, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Healey, Sue. Slipped: Microdance, Australia, ABC, 1998. Note: VIDEO
- Greenaway, Peter. Not Mozart, UK, 1991. Note: VIDEO
- DV8 Physical Theatre. Enter Achilles, UK, RM Arts, 1996. Note: VIDEO
- A Century of Tango: Documentary of the dance and Argentinian history, SBS, 1998. Note: VIDEO
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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