Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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• Unit Title

  Dance History and Analysis 3

• Unit Code

  DAN3235

• Year

  2019

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  Y

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

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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:

1. Analyse the inter-relationship and implications of dance and technology in current dance practices with special reference to issues of interactivity and screen dance.
2. Apply contextualised verbal and audio-visual information to the current dance scene.
3. Demonstrate a critical awareness of companies, choreographers and dancers operating in the global advantages and restraints of the world today.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of current experiments in the international dance scene and their contexts.
5. Express in both oral and written formats clarity of ideas and concepts.
6. 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.
7. Offer imaginative and informed suggestions to work towards the sustainability of cultural practices in the 21st century.
8. Organise and time manage preparation and presentation of work.

Unit Content

1. Australian approaches to Community Dance.
2. Current companies, dance artists and political status of dance within Europe, North America and Australia.
3. Current processes of identity formation in the hybrid works by artists of first nation peoples and immigrant communities in Asian and Australian contexts.
4. Evolutionary processes involved in the historical formation of identity in the dance forms of Africa and Spain and their diasporas in Latin America.
5. Expression of ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats.
6. Research, planning and critical decision making in assignment preparation and presentation.
7. The impact of the screen technologies on dance.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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.

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