DANCE 220 : Dance Vocabulary II

Creative Arts and Industries

2020 Semester One (1203) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Exploring and analysing contemporary dance practices and techniques. Movement skills and performance skills will be developed integrating personal movement with techniques.

Course Overview

Knowledge, understanding and practical experience of contemporary dance vocabularies may be beneficial for your career as a dancer, choreographer, community dance practitioner or dance teacher. You have developed fundamental understandings of dance techniques in DANCE 120: Dance Vocabulary 1. The aims of this next course are to practice, critically reflect upon and continue to build your knowledge of dance vocabularies and technique.
Throughout this course you will practice learning new movement, both by consistently reproducing sequences and through exploring your own individual interpretations. You will also learn about different ways you may effectively pick up and retain movement phrases and how this may subsequently inform your teaching practice. Throughout this course you will be encouraged to develop a self-reflexive practice, both through written journaling and verbally within class time.
This course will expand your understandings of different rationales and ways you may choose to approach dance techniques, for example, for the purposes of safety, warm up, as a base for choreography, and how it may be relevant and applicable to other dance styles. This course will enhance your understanding of how your body works as you explore diverse vocabularies of movement. You will be prompted to analyse and discuss movement phrases and the technical skills that may be applied. You will gain experience in pinpointing technical challenges within sequences and will strategize how to safely trouble shoot these.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: DANCE 120

Semester Availability

2nd March - 5 June 2020

Mondays 10am-12pm | KMC
Thursdays 10am-12pm | KMC
Fridays 1-3pm | KMC

Course Co-ordinator

Rose Philpott
rosamund.philpott@gmail.com

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Dance Studies

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Understand ways to strategically learn and memorise new movement and experience increased speed in doing this. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.3 and 5.4)
  2. Demonstrate and articulate understanding of various rationales, approaches and benefits of safe dance technique. (Capability 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 4.1 and 5.2)
  3. Understand and articulate the purposes and benefits of each movement sequence as well as the connection between exercises throughout class. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  4. Demonstrate progress through class and across the course of the semester. Be able to give yourself constructive feedback, and be able to commend yourself on specific aspects of your effort. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.3 and 5.4)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Practical 30% Individual Coursework
Practical 40% Individual Coursework
Assignments 20% Individual Coursework
Coursework 10% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Practical
Practical
Assignments
Coursework

Teaching & Learning Methods

▪ Personal practice and repetition of movement sequences
▪ Reflexive thinking, writing and discussion
▪ Group discussions
▪ Creative tasks
▪ Analysis of movement and learning processes
▪ Self-directed learning
▪ Problem solving
▪ Peer observation and feedback

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in. During a typical teaching week there will be 6 hours of lectures. For the 12 weeks, this totals 72 hours. Since the course totals 150 hours, that leaves at total of 78 hours across the entire semester for independent study, eg. reading, reflection, preparing for assessments etc. 

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

In the event of unexpected disruption

We undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions, the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. In the event of a disruption, the University and your course coordinators will make every effort to provide you with up to date information via Canvas and the University website.

Copyright Warning Notice

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Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

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