Level 2/3 Dance
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss S. Brooks.
Dance is a UE approved subject and helps students to acquire the skills and knowledge used in the field of Dance, Arts, Performance, Performing Arts.
The course has two main areas of learning:
CHOREOGRAPHY: Students learn a range of choreography techniques to communicate an intention and resolve ideas. These include groupings, locomotion, pathways, spatial relationships, shapes, movement, transitions, impact, flow and unity.
PERFORMANCE: Students learn a range of dance skills and knowledge to perform a dance. These include shapes, movement, postural alignment, timing, focus, expression and energy.
Course content: Students will complete 3-4 achievement standards made up of approx. 16 credits during the year including:
13DCE
- Produce a dance to realise a concept
- Choreograph a dance to develop and resolve ideas.
- Perform a solo or duet.
- Perform a group dance.
- Analyse a dance performance.
12DCE
- Choreograph a group dance to communicate an intention.
- Perform an ethnic or social dance to communicate understanding if a style
- Perform a theatre dance to communicate understanding of the dance.
- Provide an interpretation of a dance performance with supporting evidence.
Students with known injuries you will need to discuss with the HOD an action plan for managing this in class before taking part in any practical lessons.
Recommended Prior Learning
Dance experience highly recommended.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
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Dance 2.1 - Choreograph a group dance to communicate an intention
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Dance 2.3 - Perform an ethnic or social dance to communicate understanding of the style
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Dance 2.4 - Perform a theatre dance to communicate understanding of the dance
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Dance 2.7 - Provide an interpretation of a dance performance with supporting evidence
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Dance 3.1 - Produce a dance to realise a concept
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Dance 3.2 - Choreograph a dance to develop and resolve ideas
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Dance 3.3 - Perform a solo or duet dance
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Dance 3.4 - Perform a group dance
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Dance 3.7 - Analyse a dance performance
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 24
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Disclaimer
We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.