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

    Special Topics 2
  • Unit Code

    DAN5105
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

The unit can be undertaken in two modes of study: A discrete component of an individualised research project or a company environment performance stream. Individual Research: In most instances, students in this stream have to demonstrate that the depth and scope of the project initiated in DAN5104, Special Topics 1, warrants extension into another unit. Alternatively, the student will design and implement a project with a distinctively different focus than that proposed for DAN5104. The project will be approved and supervised by an appropriate staff member. Company Research: Students engage in work-place learning through activities conducted in a small company mode. In this unit, students will gain experience at a professional level of skill and responsibility in the processes of scheduling for, and management of, company tours, whether regionally or internationally.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Individual Research: Demonstrate and apply an advanced knowledge of their chosen specialisation in a programme devised in consultation with the course supervisor as, for example, in the following: 1) Performance research - engage in an exploration of technical accomplishment and presentation in the performance of recognised choreographic work, secondment with a professional company/dance artist or participation in intensive professional workshop series. 2) Choreographic research - devise and produce a major creative work. 3) Pedagogical or other theoretical research - establish findings in a specialised area of investigation. Company Research: 1) Apply knowledge and a high standard of initiative in contributions to the organisation and management of dance company touring. 2) Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of safe dance practices and industrial regulations.

Unit Content

  1. Company Research: Performing arts and tour logistics and management.
  2. Documentation procedures.
  3. Individual Research:
  4. Practice and related learning theories.
  5. Safe dance practices and legal responsibilities in touring contexts.
  6. Workplace protocols as applicable to performance, choreography, teaching and/or academic research.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Rehearsals, Practical teaching,Practical involvement, Performances and/or teaching, Reflection and analysis with supervisor.

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
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkDemonstration of processes40%
PresentationPresentation of findings in appropriate format as advised for assessment60%

Text References

  • Forsythe, William. Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye, Koln, Hatje Cantz, CD ROM
  • ECU Honours Referencing Guide.
  • Desmond, Jane. Ed. Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance, Durham, Duke University press, 1997
  • Morris, Gay. Ed. Moving Words: Re-writing Dance, London, Routledge, 1996

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

    Special Topics 2
  • Unit Code

    DAN5105
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

The unit can be undertaken in two modes of study: A discrete component of an individualised research project or a company environment performance stream. Individual Research: In most instances, students in this stream have to demonstrate that the depth and scope of the project initiated in DAN5104, Special Topics 1, warrants extension into another unit. Alternatively, the student will design and implement a project with a distinctively different focus than that proposed for DAN5104. The project will be approved and supervised by an appropriate staff member. Company Research: Students engage in work-place learning through activities conducted in a small company mode. In this unit, students will gain experience at a professional level of skill and responsibility in the processes of scheduling for, and management of, company tours, whether regionally or internationally.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Individual Research: Demonstrate and apply an advanced knowledge of their chosen specialisation in a programme devised in consultation with the course supervisor as, for example, in the following: 1) Performance research - engage in an exploration of technical accomplishment and presentation in the performance of recognised choreographic work, secondment with a professional company/dance artist or participation in intensive professional workshop series. 2) Choreographic research - devise and produce a major creative work. 3) Pedagogical or other theoretical research - establish findings in a specialised area of investigation. Company Research: 1) Apply knowledge and a high standard of initiative in contributions to the organisation and management of dance company touring. 2) Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of safe dance practices and industrial regulations.

Unit Content

  1. Company Research: Performing arts and tour logistics and management.
  2. Documentation procedures.
  3. Individual Research:
  4. Practice and related learning theories.
  5. Safe dance practices and legal responsibilities in touring contexts.
  6. Workplace protocols as applicable to performance, choreography, teaching and/or academic research.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Rehearsals, Practical teaching,Practical involvement, Performances and/or teaching, Reflection and analysis with supervisor.

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
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkDemonstration of processes40%
PresentationPresentation of findings in appropriate format as advised for assessment60%

Text References

  • Forsythe, William. Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye, Koln, Hatje Cantz, CD ROM
  • ECU Honours Referencing Guide.
  • Desmond, Jane. Ed. Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance, Durham, Duke University press, 1997
  • Morris, Gay. Ed. Moving Words: Re-writing Dance, London, Routledge, 1996

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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