13 Dance Accelerate
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Joshua Grace.
Students will:
- Compose a conceptual dance and rehearse a group for performance.
- Utilise production technologies within choreography
- Perform a repertoire of contrasting dances.
- Gain leadership experience by teaching dance to primary and intermediate students within our Kāhui Ako.
- Write about performance practices in dance.
- Have the opportunity to do scholarship dance.
*Scholarship dance is a written submission due towards the end of the year. It has three parts; your choreography, a written analysis of your choreographic processes and a reflection on a performance you have done.
*This course will give students the necessary time and experience to complete scholarship dance. However those that do not wish to do scholarship dance, may still select this providing they have completed Level Three in the previous academic year.
There will be 18 different NCEA Level Three Dance credits to gain from those completed in 12DNA or 13DN1.
Prerequisites
Students must have gained a total of at least 16 NCEA Level Three Dance credits from 13DN1.
OR HoD Approval
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
*13DNA* - Supplementary costs: Approx $30
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Dance 3.1 - Produce a dance to realise a concept
Assessments:
Term: 3, Week: 10
NZQA Info
Dance 3.5 - Perform a repertoire of contrasting dances
NZQA Info
Dance 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of dance performance practices
Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 5
NZQA Info
SCHL - Dance
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Tags
Dancer, Dance Teacher, Choreographer, Primary School Teacher, Occupational Therapist, Photographer, Psychotherapist, Community Worker, Secondary Teacher, Publicist, Arts Administrator, Theatre Manager, Social Worker, Program coordinator, Production designer, Youth Worker, Early Childhood Teacher, Events Manger, Model, Physiotherapist, Yoga and Pilates Instructor, Artist, Recreation Therapist, Writer, Performer, Professor, Human Resourcing, Manager, Talent Agent, Sports Therapist, Dance Movement Therapist, Personal Trainer, Diversional Therapist, Film and Video Editor, Counsellor, Sound Technician, Entertainer, Curator, Systems Administrator, Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Radio Presenter, Visual Merchandiser, Workplace Relations Adviser, Personal Assistant, Human Resources Adviser, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Media Producer, Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Lighting Technician, Health Services Manager, Kaiwhakaako Māori, Translator, Survey Interviewer, Nanny/Child Carer, Tertiary Lecturer, Private Teacher/Tutor, Production Manager, Recreation Co-ordinator, Recruitment Consultant, Teacher Aide, Television Presenter, Management Consultant, Epidemiologist.,