Year 12 Dance (DAN)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms T. Tobin.
Year 12 Dance (DAN)
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.
NB This class is combined with the Level 3 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
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. There is an opportunity to participate in inter school dance competitions which has an attached cost.
Pathway
WHAT COULD THIS SUBJECT LEAD TO?
Level 3 Dance
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Dance 2.1 - Choreograph a group dance to communicate an intention
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Dance 2.2 - Choreograph a solo 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