Overview
In this unit, you will gain a knowledge of the history of your major (either Dance or the Theatre) and a working understanding of Technical Theatre. You will also study kinesiology, anatomy and how the body moves in performance whilst considering the role of nutrition in maintaining a healthy body. You will learn to apply principles from each of these areas into your own practice.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
- Apply human movement principles and knowledge of anatomy and nutrition principles in your own performance technique
- Describe the workings of a theatrical space using industry terminology
- Discuss the history of your major discipline.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 10% | |||
| 2 - Presentation - 20% | |||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 40% | |||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Presentation - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
ACTING in person and Style
Third Edition (1983)
Authors: Jerry L. Crawfore
Wm.C. Brown Company Publishing
Dubuque Dubuque , Iowa , USA
ISBN: 0-697-04234-0
Binding: Paperback
Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology
Edition: 2nd Editon
Authors: Karen Clippinger
ISBN: 1450469280
Binding: eBook
Moving history/dancing cultures
(2001)
Authors: Ann Dils, Ann Cooper Albright
Weslyan University Press
Middletown Middletown , Conecticut , USA
ISBN: 13 978-0819564139
Binding: Spiral
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.crone@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Pathways to careers.
THEATRE History: Unit overview - the historical sweep.
DANCE History: Body awareness - Change and tradition.
Body alignment and architecture: Fuelling up - Nutrition.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
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THEATRE STUDIES: Types of theatres and performance spaces.
THEATRE History: Early Greek Theatre.
DANCE History:Shape - Renaissance and Courts.
Body alignment and architecture: Fuelling up - Nutrition continued.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: theatre terminology and stage directions.
THEATRE History: Medieval theatre.
DANCE History:Music and body accents. - birth of genre.
Body alignment and architecture: Self-care and injury managment.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Who are the players?
THEATRE History: The Renaissance 16th and 17th Centuries.
DANCE History:Space - Romanticism.
Body alignment and architecture: Anatomy and kinesiology/anatomical terms and movement description.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Stage management 1.
THEATRE History: The restoration theatre.
DANCE History:Articulation - Classicism and rebellion.
Body alignment and architecture:Primary tissues of the upper body.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
ASSESSMENT 1 DUE
Week 5 2nd April at 8.30am
Nutrition Plan Due: Week 5 Monday (2 Apr 2018) 8:30 am AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Stage management 2.
THEATRE History: Naturalism and realism.
DANCE History: Expression - Experimentation.
Body alignment and architecture: The Spine.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Stage management 3.
THEATRE History: Theatre down under 18th - 20th Centuries.
DANCE History:Weight - Avant - garde.
Body alignment and architecture: Pelvic girdle and hip.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Production management 1.
THEATRE History: 20th Century American theatre.
DANCE History: Intention - Invention.
Body alignment and architecture: Knee, ankle and foot.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Production management 2.
THEATRE History: European absurdism.
DANCE History: Music and movement phrasing - evolution.
Body alignment and architecture: The upper limbs.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Producing.
THEATRE History: Brecht and epic theatre.
DANCE History: Energy - Post - Modernism.
Body alignment and architecture: Putting it all together (A).
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Arts Organisations.
THEATRE History: Theatre of cruelty and the oppressed.
DANCE History: Body actions - Internationalism.
Body alignment and architecture: Putting it all together. (B)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
THEATRE STUDIES: Selling a show.
THEATRE History: Post-modernist theatre.
DANCE History: Spatial relationship - Beyond convention.
Body alignment and architecture: Wrap up of unit.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
ASSESSMENT 4
Week 12 Friday 1st June 12pm.
1000 word essay on the history of theatre Due: Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 12:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
ASSESSMENT 2
Review/exam week.
Monday 4th June at 1pm.
ASSESSMENT 3
Review/exam week
Friday 8th June 11.45pm
In - class presentation Due: Review/Exam Week Monday (4 June 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
Practical assessment presentation. Due: Review/Exam Week Friday (8 June 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
You will be required create your own Nutrition plan, for an ongoing healthy lifestyle.
Week 5 Monday (2 Apr 2018) 8:30 am AEST
Monday week 5 by 8.30am.
Week 7 Monday (23 Apr 2018)
Returned to students 2 weeks after submission.
CRITERIA.
1.Communication and presentation.
2. Demonstrates a knowledge of supporting evidence.
3. Academic writing.
- Apply human movement principles and knowledge of anatomy and nutrition principles in your own performance technique
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 Presentation
Perform a movement analysis for one of the options listed below and present your findings in the tutorial session. The presentation should include practical/physical demonstration, which can be supported with electronic media.
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Dance movement of your choice, examples could be:
- First-position parallel plié (starting from and ending at the bottom of the parallel first position plié with the knees bent)
- Arabesque (starting from and ending in first-position turned out)
- Select your own – this could be a squat, push up, handstand, gym exercise, common daily movement pattern or yoga asana. Submit your suggestion to the tutor for approval before starting the assignment.
Submit your suggestion to the tutor for approval before starting the assignment to ensure a variety of presentations for the group.
Review/Exam Week Monday (4 June 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
Assessment times will be advised.
Exam Week Monday (11 June 2018)
Feedback will be given within two weeks following moderation
CRITERIA
1. Communication and presentation.
2.. Uses technology effectively to support presentation.
3. Subject knowledge
No submission method provided.
- Apply human movement principles and knowledge of anatomy and nutrition principles in your own performance technique
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Work
- Ethical practice
3 Practical Assessment
You will be allocated an Australian Arts Organisation that you will investigate and report on key findings. These may include - operations, community reach, key stake holders, funding sources and personnel. The presentation may also include role play elements and simulation of a key role from the organisation.Your presentation will be 7 - 10 minutes in length.
Review/Exam Week Friday (8 June 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
In class practical presentation times will be allocated
Exam Week Friday (15 June 2018)
Feedback will be given once moderation is complete
CRITERIA
1. Communication and presentation
2. Knowledge of supporting evidence
3.Uses technology to support presentation
- Describe the workings of a theatrical space using industry terminology
- Discuss the history of your major discipline.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
4 Written Assessment
You will be required to select two historical periods discussed during this unit, and will construct an original paper discussing your views on your chosen periods. This will be written as an academic essay with appropriate referencing.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 12:00 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (15 June 2018)
Feedback will be given following moderation
CRITERIA
1. Research of content
2 .Clarity of meaning of text
3. Academic writing style
4. Editing and grammatical correctness
5. APA referencing and citation
- Discuss the history of your major discipline.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
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Why is academic integrity important?
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