MEDIA

PERFORMING ARTS

DANCE

ELECTIVE SUBJECT – ONE SEMESTER

Students selecting this unit will be required to participate in College events such as Open Day or Nazareth Showcase as part of the course requirements

Learning Focus

Students selecting this unit will be taken through the elements of Safe Dance practices. They will work towards developing dance technique while learning expressive skills as well. Students will also be developing ideas for dance works through structured improvisation. They will partake in discussions, using the appropriate language, about the physical and expressive skills, body actions and elements of movements within a given dance piece.

Victorian Curriculum Strands Explore and Express Ideas

• Students will explore personal movement style by combining elements of dance and usingimprovisation and safe dance practice to develop new movement possibilities.

Dance Practices

• Students will practice and refine technical and expressive skills to develop proficiency ingenre and style-specific techniques.

Present and Perform

• Students will perform dances using genre and style specific techniques, expressive skillsand production elements to communicate a choreographer’s intent.

Respond and Interpret

• Students will evaluate their own choreography and performance, and that of others, toinform and refine future work.

Assessment

● Participating in practical classes ● Written responses – reflecting and evaluating on performances ● Performance of a choreographed piece ● Research assignment