CUADAN618 — Extend contemporary dance performance skills to a professional level
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What an assessment for CUADAN618 must cover
67 assessable components: 4 elements (23 performance criteria), 14 performance evidence and 24 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare to perform contemporary dance at a professional level
- 1.1Confirm intention and purpose of performance with required personnel
- 1.2Confirm contemporary dance pieces to be performed, and undertake preparations in line with performance context and purpose
- 1.3Develop rehearsal schedule and rehearse performances with others as required, according to professional dance standards
- 1.4Develop complex performance attributes and quality of movement in sequences of extended difficulty during rehearsals
- 1.5Build strength, precision and complexity when practising in rehearsals
- 1.6Incorporate unseen combinations of movement into rehearsals with speed and verve, according to requirements of dance pieces to be performed
- 1.7Practise and refine techniques for working with a partner according to performance requirements
- 1.8Use advanced self-correction of dance technique and respond to feedback from others during rehearsals
2 Perform contemporary dance sequences at a professional level
- 2.1Perform warm-up and cool-down activities in conjunction with dance activities according to safe dance practices
- 2.2Confirm personal presentation meets performance context requirements
- 2.3Apply performance psychology techniques to preparation for performance as required
- 2.4Perform contemporary dance repertoire that incorporates nuances and characteristics of choreographic styles
- 2.5Convey intention of dance pieces through embodiment and characterisation techniques
- 2.6Follow direction during performance from artistic director and choreographers as required
3 Incorporate allied contemporary dance techniques into professional level performances
- 3.1Use improvisation, complex duo sequences and acrobatic moves during performance
- 3.2Identify when duo partner needs to leave a balance or be steadied, and demonstrate support in duo and dance tumbling
- 3.3Adapt different choreographic moments in performance by engaging with differences and similarities of shape and dynamic quality
- 3.4Apply momentum, sense of line and movement clarity essential to form during performance
- 3.5Communicate style and intention of choreographic form of dance pieces using skills and knowledge of allied contemporary dance techniques
4 Review and develop professional performance practice
- 4.1Seek feedback and contribute to debriefing session and discuss quality of performance and ways of improving individual and ensemble technique
- 4.2Develop realistic parameters for extending scope of performance practice in consultation with required personnel
- 4.3Identify regimes and artistic strategies that can be used to refine own performance technique
- 4.4Incorporate contemporary dance terminology and philosophy into discussions, practice and performance activities
Performance evidence
- The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:
- prepare for and perform at least three different contemporary dance pieces to a professional level before an audience, at least one of which must be with a partner, at least one of which must be in an ensemble, and at least one of which must be individual.
- In the course of the above, the candidate must:
- perform contemporary dance sequences, demonstrating:
- expressive skills in line with choreographic intent of dance pieces
- ability to respond to complex changes in tempo, time signatures and musical phrasing
- high level of dance improvisation skills
- skills and speed in directional changes
- high level of spatial awareness in group movements
- harmony of movement when performing with a partner
- high level isolation and energy placement techniques
- alignment and extensions in highly difficult combinations
- incorporate embodiment skills into dance performances
- use contemporary dance terminology when required.
Knowledge evidence
- The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:
- principles relating to contemporary dance movements and techniques, including:
- relationship with gravity
- spatial awareness
- use of breath
- movement pathways
- expanding and contracting
- shifting weight
- principles relating to safe dance practice and injury prevention, including:
- spine articulation
- foot engagement
- bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso
- joint range of motion
- differentiation of legs and pelvis
- health and safety policies and procedures relevant to the dance environment
- application of musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation to contemporary dance technique
- fundamental technical principles in contemporary dance and performance
- strategies to respond to feedback to improve performance
- principles of choreography in the context of contemporary dance and performance, including:
- choreographic and stylistic nuances
- genres, styles, history and lineage
- philosophical nature in contemporary dance
- influential choreographers in contemporary dance
- importance of embodying concepts through contemporary dance.
Foundation skills
- Learning: Analyses feedback from others and identifies strategies to improve own technique
- Oral communication: Obtains information by listening and questioning Discusses ideas and solutions with others
- Initiative and enterprise: Works creatively with music and dance
- Planning and organising: Adopts a methodical and disciplined approach to dance practice and performances
- Self-management: Follows industry accepted safe dance practices Works independently and collectively within broad parameters, with a strong sense of responsibility for goals, decisions and outcomes Recognises and responds to rehearsal and performance protocols Takes responsibility for own professional development
- Teamwork: Collaborates with other dancers and confirms that group sequences flow
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Questions about assessing CUADAN618
What does an assessment tool for CUADAN618 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUADAN618 needs to address all 67 unit components: 4 elements with 23 performance criteria, 14 performance evidence requirements, 24 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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