ACD208 - Dance Beyond the Studio

Unit details

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Year:

2022 unit information

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Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Luigi Vescio
Prerequisite:

Students must have completed one credit point at level 1 from ACD, ACI, ACP or ACV coded units plus any other level 1 unit

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 2-hour seminar per week and 1 x 1-hour practical per week

Content

This unit offers students the chance to embrace dance that happens beyond the studio through modes of performance, installation, flash-mob, public events, political activism, educational workshops, therapeutic activity, video, online publication etc. Students will investigate areas of dance in socially applied and participatory art practices, dance and disability studies, dance education, dance therapy, or dance and well-being and apply their dance and choreographic skills to work in an 'external' context with a diverse range of possible requirements or outcomes.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Design and implement a facilitated real-world dance project which engages
with a specific community, social or artistic context beyond the conventional
dance studio/theatre context.

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

Work independently, make clear plans, liaise with community and take responsibility for the outcomes of a project in which dance is the substance of engagement

GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Identify sociocultural needs of a community, social or artistic context beyond the conventional dance studio/theatre context.

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Reflect on the development of personal and professional knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to working as a creative arts practitioner

GLO6: Self-management

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Written project proposal 800 words
or equivalent
20% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - Public project 2000 words
or equivalent
50% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 - Written reflective task 1200 words
or equivalent
30% Information not yet available

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

There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.

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