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SECTION 2: DANCEMAKING

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Section, students should:

1. demonstrate the fundamental skills in Dancemaking;

2. understand the elements of Dancemaking;

3. analyse, interpret and communicate concepts and ideas about Dancemaking in performance
and through technology; and,

4. reflect on their own progress and personal growth through the study of the Dancemaking
process.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to:

1. demonstrate skills of Dancemaking;

2. demonstrate skills of motif development;

3. utilise principles of choreographic devices and visual design;

4. distinguish among techniques, genres and choreographic styles in dance;

5. create performance items incorporating technology; and,

6. evaluate own work and the work of their peers.

CONTENT

1. Fundamental skills in Dancemaking:

(a) movement manipulation;

(b) use of choreographic devices and visual design;

(c) theme development through organisation: phrasing, sequencing, transition,
repetition, appraisal and evaluation;

(d) form and structure;

(e) use of abstraction;

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