Year 13 Dance (DAN)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms T. Tobin.
Year 13 Dance
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
How to use dance elements to effectively choreograph and perform a range of dance styles.
How to develop ideas in dance choreography. Working as a group or as a soloist to come up with ideas and use choreographic devices and processes as a way to create dance performances.
How to analyse and interpret dance performances; learning to justify your own intention from your dance movements and interpret the choreography of others.
How students’ cultural identity and the culture of others can be highlighted through performance including an understanding of dance in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
NB This class is combined with the Level 2 Dance class.
HOW IS THE COURSE ASSESSED?
4 Level 2 Achievement Standards - 16 credits
3 internally assessed make up 12 credits
1 externally assessed make up 4 credits
Students will choose between either 3.2 and 3.3. All students will do 3.4 and 3.6. The class will prepare for one of the externals.
WHO COULD TELL ME MORE?
Mrs Dolley
Recommended Prior Learning
WHAT SHOULD I HAVE ALREADY DONE?
This course is for all students with an interest in Dance. Students do not need to have previous formal dance training from a studio. Ideally, they have some experience from either co-curricular dance, Kapa Haka, Pasifika Dance or dance understanding from elsewhere but more importantly, a willingness to work with others and learn new skills for dance performances.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
WHAT ARE THE COURSE COSTS
There are no set course costs.
Pathway
WHAT COULD THIS SUBJECT LEAD TO?
Further study or a number of careers, including the performing arts.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
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 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of dance performance practices
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Dance 3.7 - Analyse a dance performance
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Dance 3.8 - Demonstrate understanding of the development of dance in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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.