12DAN

Year 12 Dance

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms O. Martin.

Course Description:  Dancers at Motueka High School will: 

  • Extend skills in the vocabulary, practices and technologies of selected dance genres and styles
  • Choreograph group dance works
  • Generate, plan and record choreographic ideas and processes
  • Apply rehearsal and performance skills to a range of dances 

Level 2 dance students will get the opportunity to attend live performances and work with professional companies and choreographers.

Topics included, but not limited to: 

Perform a social or ethnic dance and perform a theatre dance – Extend skills in the vocabulary, practices and technologies of selected dance genres and styles. Theatre dance to be decided by the class, for example: Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Hip-hop etc. Social or ethnic dance could include: Bollywood, Samoan Siva, Salsa etc. 

Choreograph a solo or group dance to communicate an intention – Choreograph solo or group dance works, using choreographic processes, devices and structures to communicate choreographic intentions.

 Demonstrate a change of choreographic processes - Generate, plan and record choreographic ideas and processes. Study choreographers to learn about their process in creating dance, review these in accordance with your own choreography. Take part in a series of workshops that develop your understanding of choreography.

 Assessment:

See Standards below

 Prerequisites: Open to all students. Please note this is a performance based course and it is an expectation students will experience and demonstrate a range of dance styles.

This course leads to: Level 3 Dance.

Recommended Prior Learning

Open to all students. Please note this is a performance based course and it is an expectation students will experience and demonstrate a range of dance styles.

Pathway

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 18
Internal Assessed Credits: 18
External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91205 v2
NZQA Info

Dance 2.1 - Choreograph a group dance to communicate an intention


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91207 v2
NZQA Info

Dance 2.3 - Perform an ethnic or social dance to communicate understanding of the style


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91208 v3
NZQA Info

Dance 2.4 - Perform a theatre dance to communicate understanding of the dance


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91209 v3
NZQA Info

Dance 2.5 - Perform a repertoire of dance


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 18
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

Courses offered will be subject to sufficient students taking them up and are not necessarily guaranteed to run.