ACD309 - Process Towards Performance

Year:

2026 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Must have completed ACD202 or ACD207

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

2 x 1.5-hours on-campus practical experience (studio workshops) per week

1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week

1 x 2-hour on-campus student led work on assigned task per week

Content

In this unit, students will research, practice, and utilise specific approaches to choreographic practice in relation to significant dancer-choreographers in the contemporary dance field. These approaches to choreographic practice will enable students to develop processes and content towards the creation of a work-in-progress performance at the end of the trimester. Students will engage with different dance making approaches with the aim of discovering what processes best suit their interests in choreography, and the particular circumstances of their own cultures, contexts, experiences, capacities and bodies. A series of assignments will give students practical experience in creating from within the given choreographic processes and assessing their relevance and application to the emerging aims of their creative practice. Assignments will be shown as informal presentations in class.

Unit fee information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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Hurdle requirements

Students enrolled in this unit must participate in 2 practical, dance technique workshops per week.

These practical experiences (workshops) will enable students to develop appropriate skills applicable to their particular discipline and support the development of content for assessment tasks 1 and 2. The workshops will ask students to engage with standards and expectations as they exist in the professional context.