ACD207 - Improvisation for Dance and Movement

Unit details

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Luigi Vescio Trimester 3: Luigi Vescio
Prerequisite:	Students must have passed one credit point at level 1
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	Trimester 1:  1 x 2-hour on campus seminar per week and 1 x 1-hour on campus practical per week Trimester 3: Intensive mode This unit is taught intensively weeks 2-3 at Burwood (Melbourne), Week 2: 1 x 2-hour seminar + 1 x 1-hour practical Monday-Friday Week 3: 1 x 2-hour seminar + 1 x 1-hour practical, Monday-Thursday, 1 x 4-hour seminar + 1 x 2-hour practical Friday
Typical study commitment:	Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

This unit focuses on ways in which students can cultivate an embodied sensibility through dance and movement improvisation. Utilising improvisation and 'somatic' practices, the practical classes will allow students to learn through internally-focused experiences of movement, interactions with others, kinaesthetic imagination and physical self-enquiry. Improvisation will also be practised as a form for performance thus offering students the opportunity to watch and reflect on the experiences of others.

Learning Outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1	Embody a personally refined movement sensibility as a part of creative exploration and performance	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2	Research, evaluate, and analyse diverse issues associated with movement generation and literacy, improvisation and performance	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3	Use improvised movement and/or dance which displays spontaneity, skill and confidence in the presence of others	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4	Creatively collaborate with other students with diverse movement backgrounds and cultural influences to develop interpersonal skills	GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Workshop Participation and Journal	1600 words or equivalent	40%	Week 12
Assessment 2: Improvised Performance	1200 words or equivalent	30%	Week 5, 8 & 11
Assessment 3: Research Task	1200 words or equivalent	30%	Week 10

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for ACD207 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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