Stage One Dance Folio for Choreography 10%

THE ESSINGTON INTERNATIONAL SENIOR COLLEGE, CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY A Campus of the Essington School Darwin PO Box 42321, Casuarina NT 0811 Telephone: 08 8946 6821 Fax: 08 8946 7466 Email: [email protected]

Semester 2 2017 STAGE ONE DANCE FOLIO FOR CHOREOGRAPHY 10% Draft due Fri week 5, Final due Friday week 9 . No Extensions Possible

Purpose Your Folio should provide evidence of support and backup material used throughout the: process of choreographing your final work, (along with an explanation and analysis of the choreographic process used by you, the creator) and research around other choreographers and the way they work

TASK Your folio should provide detailed evidence that the choreographic process has been planned, researched, and approached with a specific outcome in mind. In addition it should provide evidence of your personal thoughts, feelings, observations and informed opinions. You may also include documentation of reviews, reflections and evaluations in written form, which may include interviews or references to prose or poetry and research about other choreographers.

The folio should provide evidence of:  what has been learnt, created, and discovered  highlights, milestones, false starts, decisions made  achievements, successes  challenges, problems and difficulties encountered, solutions provided  aesthetic qualities of dance – your own technique, choreography and performance/production and those of others  preferences in working individually or collaboratively  an understanding of the work of dance artists and practitioners  Skills gained: choreographic, technical, media, technological.

Conditions of Assessment Word limit- students are expected to produce at least 1,000 words, or the equivalent in visual or multimedia form. The folio is expected to contribute one-third of your overall mark in choreography.

INCLUDE A BIBLIOGRAPHY TO SHOW WHERE YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR INFORMATION.. HINTS AND TIPS- Create a power point that documents your choreographic work. Include photos of yourself working and explain what you are doing in these photos. Talk about the choices you have made especially in relation to the locations you have chosen and why you have decided to film there. Work with what is in your location, use fences, walls, stairs, trees whatever is around you and try to piece something together that reflects the space that you choose. For example if using a corridor make movement that travels along the corridor, movement that is long and stretched. If working in a cupboard make your movement tight and restrained!! Include 1 slide about a dance film you have found and liked and why.. check out youtube! Evaluate your work. Make sure you write a detailed evaluation of your final finished film. Include things about what you have learnt, what worked, what didn’t, what things you enjoyed and why. Talk about what you would do differently next time. Make sure you create interesting slides with some detail. Not big size font, few words and no pictures- see my examples

Learning Requirements Assessment Design Criteria

1. demonstrate knowledge and Knowledge and Understanding practical application of dance The specific features are as follows: technique in the context of safe dance practice KU1 Knowledge and understanding of the dance technique of a specific genre. 2. explore, select, refine, and evaluate ideas and processes KU2 Knowledge and understanding of the work of dance artists, in the creation of a dance work locally, nationally, or globally. and in the study of technique. KU3 Recognition and understanding of the aesthetic qualities and 3. research, analyse, interpret, technical possibilities in dance. and give informed opinions Practical Application about historical and contemporary dance works, The specific features are as follows: practice and issues PA1 Application of knowledge and technical skills for 4. demonstrate performance or demonstration, in the context of safe dance practice. production skills both PA2 Exploration, selection, and refinement of ideas and processes collaboratively and in the creation of a dance work and in the study of technique. independently PA3 Planning, investigation, and selection of movement choices in 5. understand the use of various the creation of a structured dance work or in the study of forms of technology relevant to technique. the study of dance as an art form PA4 Application of independent and collaborative performance or production skills. 6. research, analyse, and understand dance from artistic, Presentation and Communication aesthetic, and cultural perspectives, communicating The specific features are as follows: in different forms, and using PC1 Use of appropriate skills to communicate expressively and to appropriate dance terminology. engage an audience, through practitioners’ on-stage or off- stage roles. PC2 Communication of original choreographic intention, with elements of innovation. PC3 Use of language and terminology relevant to the dance context. PC4 Communication, in different forms, to exchange ideas and opinions.

Analysis and Evaluation The specific features are as follows: AE1 Research into, and analysis and interpretation of, historical and contemporary dance works, practice, and issues in context, using different sources. AE2 Evaluation of the various relationships that interconnect in the process of staging dance. AE3 Critical review of and reflection on dance, and evaluation of dance processes. AE4 Analysis and understanding of dance as a creative art form.