Modification History
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CUADAN610A |
This version first released with CUA11 Live Performance Training Package version 1.0 |
Unit Descriptor
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to refine and consolidate allied contemporary dance techniques to engage with the choreographic process, responding through improvisation to task-based work, performing high velocity acrobatic moves and displaying virtuosic partnering techniques.
Application of the Unit
This unit applies to dancers who are moving towards professional careers in contexts where additional and complex contemporary skill-based dance technique and versatility are required for performing as members of a professional contemporary dance company in Australia or internationally.
At this level dance artists are constantly refining their technique and perfecting their artistry across complex contemporary dance repertoire, including the ability to work as a soloist or with a variety of partners effectively and convincingly.
Dancers are expected to display a high level of motivation and sense of responsibility for themselves and their colleagues during practice sessions, rehearsals and live performances.
Licensing/Regulatory Information
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
Pre-Requisites
Not applicable.
Employability Skills Information
This unit contains employability skills.
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
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Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
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1. Rehearse a range of advanced allied contemporary dance techniques |
1.1. Practise a range of techniques required to perform duo work at a professional level 1.2. Incorporate understanding of the expressive, musical and formal aspects of partnering and reciprocity into performances 1.3. Develop rapport with partner during rehearsals and seamlessly adjust to a change of partner as required 1.4. Exhibit a professional level of physical learning and adaptability to incorporate unseen combinations across different teaching methods 1.5. Incorporate understanding of nuances and characteristics of choreographic styles when performing group and solo work from contemporary dance repertoire 1.6. In dance tumbling display a strong and acrobatic stance both in static and inverted positions 1.7. Continuously work on perfecting a wide range of dance tumbling techniques |
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2. Execute complex contemporary dance repertoire in practice sessions |
2.1. Practise repertoire with an increased awareness of and attention to rhythms and time signatures commonly used in contemporary dance 2.2. Convey a high level of spatial awareness appropriate to solo and group work 2.3. Execute group work with a professional sense of cohesion and solo work with a professional sense of musical individuality 2.4. Present variations and repertoire with a high level of artistry and assurance across contemporary dance styles |
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3. Extend skills in improvisation |
3.1. Work on improvisational tasks of increasing complexity and diversity 3.2. Apply an ever expanding movement vocabulary and spontaneity in response to various stimuli 3.3. Achieve a mature performance quality through improvised solos and scored group work 3.4. Incorporate into the execution of improvisations an understanding of how an extended range of improvisational skills can extend choreographic possibilities |
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4. Develop professional practice |
4.1. Develop and refine professional work ethic 4.2. Develop realistic parameters as a basis for extending scope of performance practice 4.3. Identify regimes and artistic strategies that will refine own performance technique |
Required Skills and Knowledge
This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit.
Required skills
- communication skills to:
- work collaboratively
- demonstrate cooperation, consideration and develop rapport with partners
- respond appropriately to feedback on own skill development
- consult with peers and mentors, including interpersonal skills relating to listening, questioning, gaining feedback and giving information
- initiative and enterprise skills to:
- access, draw on and creatively develop a variety of imaginative stimuli
- work creatively with music and dance
- dance with artistry and assurance
- communicate mood and style through dance
- learning skills to:
- perfect allied contemporary dance techniques through:
- practising complex movements and sequences repeatedly
- a capacity for advanced self-correction and concentrated response to feedback
- a positive attitude to dancing
- excel at a personal physical conditioning program
- planning and organising skills to:
- research and analyse from contemporary works:
- use of improvisation, duo techniques and acrobatic moves
- contexts and characteristics of artists involved in chosen repertoire
- plan practice time
- self-management skills to:
- arrive punctually at classes and rehearsals
- dress appropriately
- observe dance discipline and follow direction
- apply safe dance practices and identify risk factors
- demonstrate professional work ethic
- teamwork skills to work collaboratively with partner in dance classes
- technical dance skills to:
- execute high level of technical skills in solo, ensemble and partnership situations
- employ physical control throughout execution of sequences
- demonstrate timing and weight centring techniques with partner, applying them to lifts and counterbalances
- demonstrate a high level of spatial awareness in partnering, including floor patterns and aerial pathways
- sense needs of partner and adapt appropriately
- emulate the style and intention of duo-work repertoire and choreography through partnering allied technique
- replicate precisely physical instructions and choreographic material
- undertake high order physical risk with awareness of safe dance practices.
Required knowledge
- specialised knowledge of:
- contemporary dance repertoire and performance
- advanced dance practices required to engage and participate in the research, investigation and development of a choreographic work
- principles underlying dance movements and techniques, such as:
- movement efficiency
- relationship with gravity
- spatial awareness
- successional movement
- use of breath
- folding
- extending
- rotating
- giving and taking weight
- placement and coordination of body parts
- anatomical and alignment principles, including:
- skeletal structure
- articulation of the spine
- engagement of the feet
- bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso
- range of motion of the joints
- differentiation of the legs and pelvis
- partnering and improvisational techniques relevant to contemporary dance
- mechanics of partnering
- risk factors in partnering techniques and high level acrobatic work
- principles of professional work ethic
- well-developed knowledge of:
- ways in which improvised partnering can contribute to the development of new material for choreography
- holistic approaches to knowledge in alternative media
- safe dance practice.
Evidence Guide
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
Evidence of the ability to:
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Context of and specific resources for assessment |
Assessment must ensure access to:
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Method of assessment |
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands (e.g. literacy) and the needs of particular groups (e.g. people with disabilities and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties, such as speakers of languages other than English, remote communities and those with interrupted schooling). |
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Guidance information for assessment |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:
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Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
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Techniques required to perform duo work at a professional level must include: |
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Physical learning and adaptability may include: |
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Teaching methods may include: |
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Repertoire may include: |
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Dance tumbling techniques must include: |
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Dance tumbling techniques may include: |
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Rhythms may include: |
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Time signatures may include: |
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Repertoire may include: |
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Contemporary dance styles may include: |
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Stimuli may include: |
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Professional work ethic may refer to: |
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Extending scope of performance practice may include: |
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Regimes and artistic strategies may include: |
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Unit Sector(s)
Performing arts - dance
Custom Content Section
Not applicable.
