Dance Studies - DANCA13704
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of the Arts and Media
Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au
Program: 3704 - Engineering / Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Major)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream Outline
Thinking: Your studies will cover the history, theory and analysis of dance in diverse cultural contexts, locating dance within a larger ecology of related national and international practices and knowledges. This expansion is also reflected in the interdisciplinary orientation of the major stream, reflecting current practice in the field of dance practice and theory.
Writing: Students are encouraged to develop a writing practice alongside their creative or theoretical interest in dance, and explore the various relationships between writing and dancing.
Making: The major streams studio-based content involves movement-based practices and techniques, recognising the role of studio-based learning and the develop physical knowledge which is fundamental to the discipline of dance.
Dance Studies at UNSW has strong ties with local industry through teaching staff and associated professional residencies, and is aligned with the existing ecology of dance practice in NSW with a focus on self-authored movement research, offering clear pathways to higher research in Creative Practice and Dance Theory.
The subject-specific aims of the BA major stream in Dance Studies are:
- To develop an appreciation of dance as an influential force within the broader ecology of the humanities
- To establish a firm grounding in the key concepts of corporeality and movement that form the disciplinary basis of dance
- To recognise the role of somatic knowledge as fundamental to the study of dance
- To apply a variety of critical approaches to both the theory and practice of dance
- To explore a diversity of dance forms, knowledges and practices beyond the Western canon
- To develop research skills, both practical and theoretical, in gathering, classifying and communicating information about dance and choreography
- To apply writing skills to the translation and communication of somatic practices and knowledges
- To recognise and reflect on social, cultural and ethical issues, as they apply to diverse dance practices.
Stream Structure
The first possible Major stream in Dance Studies is for students with less formal training in Dance:
- ARTS1005 Dance Introduction (6 UOC) GATEWAY
- ARTS1121 Reading Performance (6 UOC)
- ARTS2005 Choreography and Theory (6 UOC)
- ARTS2006 Music and Dance (6 UOC)
- ARTS2009 Technical Production (6 UOC)
- MDIA2001 Bodies and Interfaces (6 UOC)
- ARTS3011 Writing Bodies (6 UOC) (Requires completion of 24 UOC in English)
- ARTS3012 Choreography and the Moving Image (6 UOC)
- ARTS3125 Multimedia Performance (6 UOC)
- ARTS3013 Performance Arts Internships (6 UOC)
- ARTS3014 Interdisciplinary Composition (6 UOC)
Students in the intermediate and advanced studio-seminars who obtain a Credit in the performance assessment for ARTS1005 Thinking, Writing and Making Dance can proceed to the studio-based subject ARTS1006 Introduction to Movement (Level 1, S2) and those in Level 2 and 3 of Dance Studies.
- ARTS1005 Dance Introduction (6 UOC) GATEWAY
- ARTS1006 Introduction to Movement (6 UOC)
- ARTS2005 Choreography and Theory (6 UOC)
- ARTS2006 Music and Dance (6 UOC)
- ARTS2007 Body Practices (6 UOC)*
- ARTS2008 Dance Technique (6 UOC)*
- ARTS2009 Technical Production (6 UOC)
- MDIA2001 Bodies and Interfaces (6 UOC)
- ARTS3011 Writing Bodies (6 UOC) (Requires completion of 24 UOC in English)
- ARTS3012 Choreography and the Moving Image (6 UOC)
- ARTS3013 Performing Arts Internships (6 UOC)
- ARTS3123 Solo Performance (6 UOC)
- ARTS3125 Multimedia Performance (6 UOC)
- ARTS3014 Interdisciplinary Composition (6 UOC)
- Level 1 Introduction to Movement (Applied anatomy)
- Level 2 Choreography and Theory (History and Analysis of Dance)
- Level 2 Dance Technique (Performance with a technique base in modern/contemporary dance and ballet)
- Level 2 Body Practices (Performance with a technique base in modern/contemporary dance and ballet, applied anatomy)
- Level 2 Creative Practice Across Music and Dance (Composition/choreography)
- Level 3 Solo Performance Making (Composition/choreography)