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

    Extend cultural dance performance skills to a professional level
  • Unit Code

    CUADAN609
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    100
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to extend cultural dance skills to a professional level and engage in professional development.

Elements

  • Undertake practice session to prepare for rehearsals.
  • Rehearse cultural dance sequences.
  • Perform cultural dance sequences.
  • Evaluate cultural dance performances.
  • Develop professional practice.

Performance Evidence

Performance Evidence of the ability to: rehearse cultural dance sequences to achieve required performance standard integrate knowledge, technique and creativity in the performance of cultural dance sequences on at least two occasions
seek and use constructive feedback to improve own cultural dance performance skills, use terminology associated with chosen cultural dance style correctly.
Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

Knowledge Evidence - explain how the following principles relate to dance movements and techniques: extending, folding, relationship with gravity, rotating, shifting weight, spatial awareness, successional movement and use of breath.
Explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention: articulation of the spine, engagement of the feet, bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso range of motion of the joints, differentiation of the legs and pelvis, explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to chosen dance technique, explain terminology associated with the layout of stages.
Describe the cultural context of and key periods in the history of chosen dance style and describe health and safety issues associated with live performances.

Assessment

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:
- rehearsal and performance opportunities
- venues with appropriate flooring, resources and equipment.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Assessment

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 Board of Examiners.


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

    Extend cultural dance performance skills to a professional level
  • Unit Code

    CUADAN609
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    100
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to extend cultural dance skills to a professional level and engage in professional development.

Elements

  • Undertake practice session to prepare for rehearsals.
  • Rehearse cultural dance sequences.
  • Perform cultural dance sequences.
  • Evaluate cultural dance performances.
  • Develop professional practice.

Performance Evidence

Performance Evidence of the ability to: rehearse cultural dance sequences to achieve required performance standard integrate knowledge, technique and creativity in the performance of cultural dance sequences on at least two occasions
seek and use constructive feedback to improve own cultural dance performance skills, use terminology associated with chosen cultural dance style correctly.
Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

Knowledge Evidence - explain how the following principles relate to dance movements and techniques: extending, folding, relationship with gravity, rotating, shifting weight, spatial awareness, successional movement and use of breath.
Explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention: articulation of the spine, engagement of the feet, bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso range of motion of the joints, differentiation of the legs and pelvis, explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to chosen dance technique, explain terminology associated with the layout of stages.
Describe the cultural context of and key periods in the history of chosen dance style and describe health and safety issues associated with live performances.

Assessment

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:
- rehearsal and performance opportunities
- venues with appropriate flooring, resources and equipment.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Assessment

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 Board of Examiners.


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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