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  • Unit Title

    Dance History and Analysis

  • Unit Code

    DAE1035

  • Year

    2027

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina GRAY

Description

The unit addresses the history and philosophical movements of dance including ballet, contemporary and musical theatre. Major contributors to the development of dance are discussed and the links between social and historical factors and these developments are explored.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded AWD1206, DAN1035

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the nature of western dance forms in terms of class, gender, other political constructs and aesthetics.
  2. Demonstrate an imaginative approach to the challenges and difficulties faced by dance practices in currently held social values.
  3. Differentiate between the approaches, styles and vocabulary of ballet/modern/contemporary dance choreographers of different periods and within pertinent cultural contexts.
  4. Employ techniques of research and analysis in writing a major essay on a defined dance history topic with appropriate referencing of citations and bibliography.
  5. Identify the aesthetic characteristics and professional achievements and motivations of selected Australian choreographers.
  6. Identify the major contributors to dance and articulate the philosophical premises of their choreography, musical compositions and design elements.
  7. Organise and time manage preparation and presentation of work.
  8. Research and present an analytical seminar on a chosen topic of the designated curriculum that demonstrates a facility with technical and descriptive language.
  9. Write a critically informed and imaginative performance review.

Unit Content

  1. A study of current Australian choreographers with particular emphasis on their positioning in national and international (where applicable) contexts.
  2. Expression of ideas and concepts in both written and oral formats.
  3. Philosophies and practices of pioneers in the main genres of dance and their subsequent lineages.
  4. Research, planning and critical decision making in assignment preparation and presentation.
  5. The defining characteristics and major influences of romanticism, expressionism, modernism, post-modernism in dance and related art forms.
  6. The socio/political/aesthetic trends in the Arts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops, seminars, video analysis, performance analysis, research and discussions, blackboard documents and materials; collaborative group work and discussion; professional reading; independent study.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReviewCritical Review50%
Case StudyCase Study50%

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.

Assessment

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.

Academic Integrity

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:

  • Plagiarism: 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).
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): 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).
  • Contract cheating: 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.
  • Cheating in an exam: 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.

Assessment Extension

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 Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

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 Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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