Dance
In Dance, students learn as artists, by making and interpreting dance performances that communicate to audiences. They learn as audiences, by responding critically to dance. Students develop skills in appreciating, creating, performing, and producing dance independently and collaboratively for a range of contexts. In Dance, movement is a knowledge. Students learn as they engage with the history, lineage, technical dance skills, theories and concepts of dance, choreographers and critics that came before them, and become literate in the vocabularies and ideas of a range of styles and forms.
In Dance, students learn as artists, by making and interpreting dance performances that communicate to audiences. They learn as audiences, by responding critically to dance. Students develop skills in appreciating, creating, performing, and producing dance independently and collaboratively for a range of contexts. In Dance, movement is a knowledge. Students learn as they engage with the history, lineage, technical dance skills, theories and concepts of dance, choreographers and critics that came before them, and become literate in the vocabularies and ideas of a range of styles and forms.
Students experiment and engage in calculated risks and accept setbacks when realising their artistic vision. Further they use the theories, concepts and vocabulary and learning to develop their own creative practice that explores self, life, and the world. Students learn to use their body as an instrument to skilfully express knowledge and understanding. They develop proficiency, artistry, and use their physical literacy and dance literacy to solve problems, embody knowledge and express their understanding of issues of concern. They develop their voices as informed artists and engage with the world aesthetically and intellectually to become clear sighted about problems and empowered to propose solutions.
Students develop transferable skills useful in any academic, professional, and vocational context, such as independence, collaboration, teamwork, and leadership. Dancers become highly skilled at working with others and communicating clearly to achieve joint enterprises. They develop skills as researchers and engage with theories and ideas critically and creatively. Students engage with technologies and become adept at pivoting to new technologies that help them achieve their goals. They develop production skills and hone practices that present ideas and projects in ways that engage target audiences. Students develop empathetic awareness and skilled in the practice of collaborating with others respectfully and using Work Health and Safety standards.
The Dance course is written under The ARTS Framework 2020: BSSS ARTS Framework
Achievement Standards for ARTS courses can be found within the Framework.
Through the study of the Arts, students learn to express their ideas, thoughts and opinions, as they discover and interpret an increasingly complex technological and interconnected world. The subjects in this Learning Area share common understandings and broad conceptual underpinnings and imperatives.
Creativity in Dance
Students learn about the creative process. Students develop the ability to create dance works with intention, originality, and impact on audiences. Students develop their imagination and ownership of ideas and dance works. They engage with the history, lineage, technical dance skills and the creative processes of dance. Students examine different approaches to the creative process. They apply the creative process, experiment, and refine techniques, and use problem-solving strategies to express understandings of teacher directed and professional repertoires, self, community, and the world.
Communicating Meaning in Dance
Students learn about how meaning is communicated in a variety of dance forms and styles. They explore technical dance skills, stage craft and production elements from chosen dance styles for communicating their ideas to an audience and reflect on their success. Students apply their dance literacy, knowledge, skills, and understandings to communicate their arguments and insight into teacher directed and professional repertoires, themes, and issues. This unit provides the opportunity for students to say something as well as make something.
Dance in Context
Students learn about how dance practitioners over time and place have embodied their knowledge. They explore the impact of dancers and choreographers from history and throughout the world and how they have expressed their understanding of self, place, and themes. Students create and interpret dance works reflecting appreciation of techniques from diverse, cultural, geographical and/or historical contexts, observing ethical approaches and intercultural understanding.
Collaboration in Dance
Students learn about how to collaborate effectively to create, interpret and perform works that develop ideas and engage with the school and/or wider community. They examine different approaches to collaboration used by different dance organisations. They explore the opportunities and challenges of working with other dance practitioners and/or artists to create a performance to meet a design brief. Students apply technical dance skills, creative, production, communication, technology, problem solving and collaboration skills to create and perform multifaceted works for an audience.
Independent Study
An Independent Study unit has an important place in senior secondary courses. It is a valuable pedagogical approach that empowers students to make decisions about their own learning. An Independent Study unit can be proposed by an individual student for their own independent study and negotiated with their teacher. The program of learning for an Independent Study unit must meet the unit goals and content descriptions as they appear in the course. Students must have studied at least THREE standard 1.0 units from this course. A student can only study a maximum of one Independent study unit in each course. An Independent Study unit requires the principal’s written approval. Independent study units are only available to individual students in Year 12. Principal approval is also required for a student in Year 12 to enrol concurrently in an Independent unit and the third 1.0 unit in a course of study.
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