St Peter’s School (Cambridge)
Level 3 - Dance
Course Description
Level 3 dance aims to produce learners who are creative, confident, and critical thinkers within the context of dance. This course provides students with skills and understanding in a wide range of dance genres through integrating choreography, performance, and analysis of dance. The course covers three areas: performance, choreography, and perspectives. Students will produce their own full-length piece of choreography. This choreography may also be suitable for those wishing to gain a dance scholarship. They will work to conceptualise an idea from a given stimulus and include their own production technology design. Students will build on their contemporary repertoire from Level 2, broadening their understanding of contrasting genres such as jazz, social dance, hip hop and musical theatre. Analysing dance will become commonplace when viewing and responding to both their peers and professional work. Throughout the course, students will engage in various workshops from external professional dance companies and partake in the annual dance camp run by industry experts. Sequences from across the year will be performed at the annual dance showcase Aspire..
This includes being able to:
- Choreograph a dance to develop and resolve ideas
- Perform a solo, duet, or group dance work for an audience
- Critically analyse dance performance
- Learn a repertoire of contrasting genres to perform multiple times throughout the year, including at the annual 'Aspire Dance Showcase'.
Scholarship in dance
Students who enter Scholarship are required to demonstrate higher critical thinking. Students will use prior knowledge, experience, and critical analysis of dance processes, texts, and theories to create and reflect on their own choreographed and performed dance works.
Pre-requisites
Students who have not studied Level 2 dance and have minimal experience will need to be admitted with the approval of the Head of Faculty: performing arts.
Students intending to take this course are strongly encouraged to participate in the dance co-curricular program offered at St Peter’s.
Course Specific Costs
$150 (approximately) - The course may require the purchase of tickets to one professional show (this may include travel to Auckland) and costs for any extra workshops or trips.
$300 (maximum) - Dance camp that includes extensive small-format workshops with industry professional dancers.
Dance uniform is required (PE top and black tights/pants).
Pathway
This course provides a pathway for students to move toward tertiary study and a career in dance as well as supporting industries. The dance pathway also provides relevant lifelong skills for students that complement any profession or career that they undertake.
Assessment Information
Students may construct their course in consultation with the teacher (up to 20 credits) from the standards listed.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Dance 3.2 - Choreograph a dance to develop and resolve ideas
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Dance 3.3 - Perform a solo or duet dance
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Dance 3.4 - Perform a group dance
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Dance 3.5 - Perform a repertoire of contrasting dances
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Dance 3.7 - Analyse a dance performance
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 22
Disclaimer
Specific course content may change from what has been advertised in order to remain current and meet students' needs.
The school has the right to make the best decision based on both staffing, and overall student interest, when preparing the final timetable.
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