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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Maintain a physical conditioning program
   • In consultation with relevant personnel, identify a range of techniques to prevent injuries and improve stamina, strength and flexibility
   • 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 cultural dance or movement techniques
   • Practise a range of techniques specific to chosen cultural dance style or physical discipline, demonstrating control and attention to detail in complex phrases
   • Incorporate well-developed understanding of rhythm and musicality into performances at training sessions and rehearsals
   • Practise executing sequences that embody alternative forms of physical coordination
   • Incorporate understanding of the relationship between cultural dance styles and accompanying music and other media into practice sessions
   • Ensure that flow and interaction with other performers are smooth and well-timed
3. Maintain expertise in cultural dance technique
   • Practise and refine combinations of complex movements and routines
   • Maintain and update knowledge of dance history and terminology
   • Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own cultural 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 dance or movement sequences that demonstrate:

confident performance skills

the discipline’s particular stylistic qualities

effective use of props

strong and precise technique in the chosen cultural dance style or physical discipline

respond to constructive feedback on own skills development

follow safe dance practices

use terminology associated with chosen dance style of movement discipline 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 cultural 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 dance technique associated with chosen dance style

describe:

philosophical principles of the relevant discipline

history and cultural context of the chosen dance style or physical discipline.

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