Visit ECU Homepage
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.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop movement skills for different live performance contexts. The unit focuses on developing movement skills used for acting, and physical theatre performance and is relevant for both solo and ensemble contexts. The unit applies to those who are performers and who require high level movement skills to convey the mood and style of performance through movement. While supervision is provided in practice sessions and rehearsals, performers are expected to use initiative and sound judgment. At this level, performers are expected to demonstrate a high level of responsibility for themselves and others during live performances. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication..
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vet Full | Not Offered | 23 x 2 hour practical class | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to: complete at least three movement routines, at least one of which must be in an ensemble format. In the course of the above the candidate must: apply human movement principles in performance exhibit well-developed movement techniques required for specific performance contexts develop and convey individuality, presence and dramatic intent when executing movement routines incorporate rhythmic structures and musicality into movement routines cooperate with others in a practice and performance environment. execute movement sequences using the following skills: skills and speed in directional changes high level of spatial awareness in group movements high level of coordination of limbs, torso, and head quality of movement that embodies artistic intention
The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of: strategies for improving own movement skills common injuries relating to the movements demonstrated in the performance evidence, and how to identify them principles relating to physical movements techniques, including: spatial awareness successional movement use of breath folding extending rotating shifting weight processes for conveying individuality, presence and dramatic intent features of safe movement practice and injury prevention, including: spine articulation bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso joint range of motion musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation and their application to movement techniques associated with chosen performance genre
Assessment must be in the form of: direct observation of the candidate workshopping and in performance, on at least three occasions direct questioning combined with rehearsal third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance (this can include reports from guest/visiting artists/directors) Both practical skills and knowledge must be assessed. Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life performance environment with access to all the relevant venues, equipment and resources of those performance environments. Assessment must be conducted in conditions that are safe and replicate the workplace. Noise levels, production flow, interruptions and time variances must be typical of those experienced in a performance environment. Assessment must ensure access to: a venue with space for solo or ensemble performances other performers. No specialist vocational competency requirements for Assessors apply to this unit. Assessor Requirements No specialist vocational competency requirements for Assessors apply to this unit.
GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only
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.
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.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
NAT11155004|1|1