Year 11 Subjects – Dance
Level: Stage 1
Subject Name: Dance
Prerequisites: None
Assumed knowledge: Dance experience in either curricular or extracurricular form is highly recommended and supports classroom learning.
Course Summary:
Students develop creative, technical, and physical understanding, and an appreciation of dance as an art form. Dance has its own specific language and processes that students learn in theory and practice through the study of technique, composition, performance, and critical analysis. Dance offers opportunities for the development of students’ creativity, self-discipline, self-esteem, personal identity, physical conditioning and confidence. This is achieved through experiences that encourage collaboration and creative problem-solving, the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and understanding, and the development of aesthetic awareness.
Course content:
Semester 1:
Students will explore Dance technique through the works of significant innovators such as Katherine Dunham, Gene Kelly, Robert Louis Fosse, Kelly Abbey and Justin Peck. Modern applications of Dance in Australian and international communities will be explored. Students will learn specific Dance techniques and create both set and improvised works using these ideas. Choreographic methods will be explored as students create their own works for assessment. The will perform works to a variety of audiences. Students will engage with various methods of improvisation, stagecraft principles and explore technology to design original works. They will study inclusive practice in Dance, specifically inclusion of dancers with disability.
Semester 2:
Students will explore Dance Technique through the works of significant innovators such as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Graham Murphy and Wayne McGregor. Modern applications of Dance in Australian and international communities will be explored. Students will learn specific Dance techniques and create both set and improvised works using these ideas. Choreographic methods will be explored as students create their own works for assessment. The will perform works to a variety of audiences. Students will engage with various methods of improvisation, stagecraft principles and explore technology to design original works. They will study Indigenous Dance, specifically exploring the cultural context of Australia's Dance history.
Assessments:
- Creative Explorations 40%
- Responding to Dance 30%
- Skills Assessment 30%