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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan complex dance pieces
   • Clarify the intention of dance pieces through discussions with others
   • Develop a plan that outlines how the intention will be expressed through movement elements
   • Relate movement elements to dance style and include in dance plans
   • Incorporate intentions in dance plans that use three-dimensional movement reality to combine a dance style with creative movements
   • Record choreographic ideas
   • Include safe dance practices in plans and throughout conception, rehearsals and performances
2. Develop work of high compositional standard
   • Create choreography, incorporating other artists or art forms
   • Manipulate own ideas and movement elements to produce a well-crafted dance piece of high compositional standard
   • Demonstrate own appropriate movement ideas and movement styles to express ideas and intentions
   • Apply dance notation skills to document, analyse and reconstruct choreography
   • Demonstrate a distinctive approach to and treatment of movement materials
   • Devise, rehearse and edit dance pieces for formal presentation
3. Create production elements to enhance dance pieces
   • Select appropriate music, costumes and props to enhance movement intention
   • Prepare performance space to allow for well-defined entrance, exit and audience orientation
   • Ensure that dancers, dancing, costumes, props and effects combine to create a creative experience and audience affect
4. Present complex dance pieces in a formal setting
   • Contribute to the presentation of finished works in the role of choreographer or dancer
   • Provide clear direction, feedback and encouragement to other dancers and technicians
   • Maintain content, phrasing and flow throughout dance pieces
   • Integrate projections of video in choreography as appropriate to presentation format for choreography
   • Document choreographic processes in journal or essay formats
5. Evaluate complex dance pieces
   • Improve and modify the dance-creation process through consultation with relevant personnel
   • Document and record dance reviews
   • Use reflection skills to review, self-evaluate and apply information to future work

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

plan, develop and document a complex solo or group dance piece of a high compositional standard that:

combines one dance style with creative movements

incorporates other artists or dance forms

organise the performance of a complex group dance piece

produce a documented evaluation of the dance-creation process

collaborate with others involved in the choreographic and performance process.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe:

fundamental elements of composition

choreographic tasks and analysis

choreographic devices and structures

safe dance practices

explain how dance is a form of communication

explain the following choreographic concepts:

collage

cycles

narrative themes

sequencing

transitions

describe issues and challenges that arise when creating and performing complex dance pieces and suggest solutions to address them.

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