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

    Related Physical Disciplines 2
  • Unit Code

    DAN2132
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

In this unit, students study a diversity of dance styles and related physical practices in such areas as Fencing, Spanish dance, Aerial, Yoga, and Indian dance. The studies are designed to complement, support and enrich the core study programs in ballet and contemporary dance. They provide a breadth of training and a level of multi-skilling so essential to contemporary performance. As such the disciplines offered respond to prevailing trends in the industry, most notably from an intercultural perspective which embraces both new approaches to performances and traditional intercultural skills. Currently studies include Yoga, Circus Skills, Jazz, Martial Arts and Aerial. The importance of physical, social and cultural sustainabillity relating to artform practice and professional career paths is also embraced in this unit through: the choice of repertoire; engagement with industry partners; building social and cultural confidence via exposure to diverse performance environments locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from DAN1032

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the basic principles of alignment and functionality involved in the exercises.
  2. Build on the acquisition of basic skills in a variety of physical disciplines other than ballet and contemporary.
  3. Demonstrate a grasp of the terminology, the history and cultural content basic to the discipline;perform sequences or equivalent performance that demonstrate the particular style of the discipline.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of two different disciplines from a range of Fencing, Spanish Dance, Circus Skills, Tap, Jazz, Aerial, Yoga, Martial Arts and Indian Dance.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. On the culmination of the unit, the student should be able to:

Unit Content

  1. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  2. Execution of exercises and sequences demonstrating the embodiment and awareness of the particular dynamics of the discipline: eg the rhythmic footwork and castanet playing required in Spanish dance; the polyrhythmic of jazz isolations; the breath driven control and thrusts of martial arts and the swing and suspension rhythms of aerial work.
  3. Physical attributes common across disciplines.
  4. Physical attributes that are discrete to a particular discipline.
  5. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, eg Indian and Spanish dance.
  6. Sequences that embody alternative forms of physical coordination and integration.
  7. Stylistic differences and qualities.
  8. The principles of kinaesthesia.
  9. The relationship between concentration and agility.
  10. The transfer and application of physical information from one area of physical expertise to another; and understand what is common and what is discrete to each style.
  11. Transforming mathematical structures into meaningful musical phrasing and its integration into performance.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical classes, Classroom tasks and Individual assignments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeReflective practice30%
WorkshopIndustry assessment30%
PresentationPresentation40%

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

    Related Physical Disciplines 2
  • Unit Code

    DAN2132
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

In this unit, students study a diversity of dance styles and related physical practices in such areas as Fencing, Spanish dance, Aerial, Yoga, and Indian dance. The studies are designed to complement, support and enrich the core study programs in ballet and contemporary dance. They provide a breadth of training and a level of multi-skilling so essential to contemporary performance. As such the disciplines offered respond to prevailing trends in the industry, most notably from an intercultural perspective which embraces both new approaches to performances and traditional intercultural skills. Currently studies include Yoga, Circus Skills, Jazz, Martial Arts and Aerial. The importance of physical, social and cultural sustainabillity relating to artform practice and professional career paths is also embraced in this unit through: the choice of repertoire; engagement with industry partners; building social and cultural confidence via exposure to diverse performance environments locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from DAN1032

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the basic principles of alignment and functionality involved in the exercises.
  2. Build on the acquisition of basic skills in a variety of physical disciplines other than ballet and contemporary.
  3. Demonstrate a grasp of the terminology, the history and cultural content basic to the discipline;perform sequences or equivalent performance that demonstrate the particular style of the discipline.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of two different disciplines from a range of Fencing, Spanish Dance, Circus Skills, Tap, Jazz, Aerial, Yoga, Martial Arts and Indian Dance.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. On the culmination of the unit, the student should be able to:

Unit Content

  1. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  2. Execution of exercises and sequences demonstrating the embodiment and awareness of the particular dynamics of the discipline: eg the rhythmic footwork and castanet playing required in Spanish dance; the polyrhythmic of jazz isolations; the breath driven control and thrusts of martial arts and the swing and suspension rhythms of aerial work.
  3. Physical attributes common across disciplines.
  4. Physical attributes that are discrete to a particular discipline.
  5. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, eg Indian and Spanish dance.
  6. Sequences that embody alternative forms of physical coordination and integration.
  7. Stylistic differences and qualities.
  8. The principles of kinaesthesia.
  9. The relationship between concentration and agility.
  10. The transfer and application of physical information from one area of physical expertise to another; and understand what is common and what is discrete to each style.
  11. Transforming mathematical structures into meaningful musical phrasing and its integration into performance.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical classes, Classroom tasks and Individual assignments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeReflective practice30%
WorkshopIndustry assessment30%
PresentationPresentation40%

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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