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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Maintain a physical conditioning program
  2. Build on basic jazz dance technique
  3. Maintain expertise in jazz dance techniques

Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

explain how the following principles relate to physical movements and jazz dance techniques:

relationship with gravity

spatial awareness

successional movement

use of breath

folding

extending

rotating

shifting weight

explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention:

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

healthy nutrition and diet

explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to jazz dance technique

describe key aspects of and prominent dancers in the history of jazz dance

in the context of choreographing dance routines, describe ways of notating jazz dance.