DANCE 350 Special Topic: Indigenous Contemporary Dance o te Moana Nui a Kiwa - Course Outlines

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Course Overview

This course will develop an awareness and understanding of indigenous Contemporary Māori and Pacific Performance. This includes engaging with Oceanic dance discourse in Aotearoa, and in diverse cultural communities. This paper will examine issues and practices that inform indigenous Contemporary Dance in Aotearoa and the wider Pacific in its various contexts. Students will develop the ability to discuss issues pertaining to indigenous Dance, and will explore notions of ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ within this context.

Students will learn and manipulate dance knowledge and embodied vocabulary to create performance work, they will engage with Māori and Pacific choreographic perspectives and processes, and will discuss contemporary/historical Māori and Pacific dance issues within an inclusive learning environment.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: Any 30 points at Stage II in Dance Studies

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Articulate ideas and knowledge surrounding traditional and contemporary Maori and Pacific dance. (Capability 1.3, 2.1, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
Competently perform and draw on a new and diverse movement vocabulary that involve distinct cultural specificities (Capability 1.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
•Articulate and demonstrate Maori and Pacific cultural processes located within choreography and performance. (Capability 1.3, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 6.2)
Further develop an awareness of diverse contexts that can be applied to Contemporary Pacific performance. (Capability 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2 and 6.3)
Develop a choreographic work through individual and Mana Moana protocols that foster cultural wellbeing, and collective progress and practise. (Capability 1.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.1, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Performance of Dance Sequences	30%	Individual Coursework
Group Choreography	40%	Group Coursework
Written assessment and rationale	30%	Individual Coursework
3 types	100%

Assessment Type	Learning Outcome Addressed
	1	2	3	4	5
Performance of Dance Sequences
Group Choreography
Written assessment and rationale

Students have to achieve 50% to pass this course. Late assessments will be dealt with on a case by case basis.

Teaching & Learning Methods

• Ako – reciprocal teaching and learning

• Tuakana/teina collaboration with peers

• Whakawhanaungatanga – Culturally informed teaching and learning relationships and support of collective.

• Critical reflexivity and analysis of written discourse

• Self-directed learning

• Improvisations and composition

• Workshops

• Choreographic research tasks

• Groups discussion and analysis

• Reading, written expression and journal documentation

• Observation

• Performance sharing, works in progress and performance.

•Experiential activities

• Reflective writing

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. For this course, you can expect 4 hours of lectures, and 3 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 3 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation per week.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is required at scheduled activities to complete components of the course.
Lectures will not be available as recordings. Other learning activities will not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning 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.

Health & Safety

Given new the Health and Safety regulations within NZ and the University, Dance Studies staff and students are required to proactively manage risk. Staff and students are expected to communicate clearly to each other any physical, mental or social concerns that require management.

Below are several points to consider as you engage in all your Dance Studies classes and rehearsals:

•In managing risk and physical injury Dance Studies staff will firmly review student attendance. Dance Studies staff will not place a student in a situation that will knowingly cause harm. As such, staff will not let a student undertake assessment tasks if the staff member believes that the student is not prepared for the assessment. If a student attends all classes then they will be prepared for the assessment.

•Warming up properly is essential; you cannot do a practical class if you are not warm as you are running the risk of injuring yourself. It is your responsibility to warm up sufficiently, as we expect to be able to start the class immediately and not take up valuable class time getting everyone ‘warm’. Similarly, you are expected to undertake your own cool down, and daily self-care and management.

•Please inform us of any injury or health related circumstances that are relevant to your full participation in the course. If you develop a new injury, or if an old injury surfaces during the course, let us know about it before class, or as soon as it happens in class – if you are unsure about your injury or pain ASK us about it, and ALWAYS seek medical advice from medical professionals.

•In case of injury please fill out an Accident/Incident Report form

•First aid kits are available in each studio and in the Dance Studies office.

•Please be alert of personal security when rehearsing – rehearse with a friend if possible.

•Please take care of mental, physical and social wellbeing. If you need support or/and advice or need to raise a concern please speak with your lecturer or Head of Department or University Counsellor ph. 09 923 7681.

Content Warning: During this course, some content may offend. Please discuss any issues with your course lecturer.

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.

This paper will provide more opportunities to share work with extended communities.

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.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

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 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.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an 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. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

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.

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 students may be asked to submit 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. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

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

DANCE 350 : Special Topic: Indigenous Contemporary Dance o te Moana Nui a Kiwa

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2023 Semester One (1233) (15 POINTS)