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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
   • Perform warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with dance activities
   • Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for exercise regime and dance technique
2. Extend dancing skills to include musical theatre
   • Practise a range of exercises in preparation for dance routines
   • Work with others to develop expertise in performing with a partner and in an ensemble
   • Practise solo pieces as required
   • Develop techniques for integrating singing into dance routines and performing with different microphone placements
   • Extend the relationship between acting and dance in musical theatre
   • Apply knowledge of musical rhythms and musical theatre styles to dance routines
   • Convey choreographic intent of routines through confident and precise execution of dance techniques
3. Maintain expertise
   • Practise and refine dancing techniques relevant to musical theatre
   • Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends
   • Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own dancing 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:

develop a range of dance skills appropriate to musical theatre performances

implement a suitable physical conditioning program

with partners and as an ensemble member, perform routines that:

integrate dancing and singing

take the theatrical context into account

work collaboratively

improve own dance techniques in response to constructive feedback.

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 the following principles underlying dance movements and techniques:

extending

folding

relationship with gravity

rotating

shifting weight

spatial awareness

successional movement

use of breath

explain how the following apply in the context of injury-prevention techniques:

articulation of the spine

bases of support with feet, legs, hands, arms and torso

differentiation of the legs and pelvis

engagement of the feet

range of motion of the joints

healthy nutrition and diet

explain how the following aspects of musical rhythms impact on dance performance:

beat

syncopation

tempo

time signatures.

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