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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Maintain a physical conditioning program
   • In consultation with relevant personnel, use a balanced range of mind and body, and muscle and bone exercises to prevent injuries and improve stamina, strength and coordination
   • In consultation with relevant personnel use Manipulations 1-7 to improve flexibility, alignment and comprehension of physical structure and mechanics while monitoring change
   • Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique
   • Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required
   • Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking physical conditioning program
   • Observe safe dance practice by performing warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with dance activities
   • Wear appropriate clothing and footwear when undertaking exercise regime and practising dance technique
2. Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in bodyweather and butoh dance techniques
   • Practise a range of techniques and exercises in preparation for bodyweather and butoh dance performances
   • Work on generating the mind and body, and muscle and bone engine
   • Develop individual and group sensitivity and awareness parallel to spatial responsibility
   • Practise Manipulations 1-7 with different partners and alone
   • Develop a high level of proficiency in GroundWork exercises
   • Work towards achieving precise motor, graphic, sculptural and spatial parameters in performances
   • Develop expertise in executing specific image sequences
   • Experiment with new movements and routines to create unique form
   • Develop control and attention to detail in practice sessions
3. Maintain expertise in bodyweather and butoh dance techniques
   • Practise and refine combinations of complex movement parameters
   • Maintain and update knowledge of bodyweather and butoh dance history and terminology
   • Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own bodyweather and butoh dance performance skills
   • Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

consistently execute basic mind and body, and muscle and bone, exercises

demonstrate Manipulations 1-7 with a partner

perform at least two bodyweather and butoh dance sequences in a way that demonstrates:

well-developed bodyweather and butoh dance technique

creative response to parameters

confident performance skills

cooperative performance of group choreography

respond to constructive feedback on own performance

follow safe dance practices

use bodyweather and butoh dance terminology correctly.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

explain how the following principles relate to physical movements and bodyweather and butoh 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

describe the main principles and historical periods of bodyweather and butoh.

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