Dance Practice 2 (Cunningham and Graham sessions)

Tutor(s): Dance team
Assessment: practice portfolio [100%]
Prerequisite(s): Note that this course has prerequisite, and we will need to evaluate the previous dance courses you have taken to ensure you qualify for this course.

This module is a core module allowing students to advance their practical dance skills in the context of dance art seen and performed in C21st Britain, within broad multi-cultural and artistic contexts. Students will advance their practical dance and performance skills developed in Dance Practice 1. Approaches will be drawn from a variety of dance styles and movement practices and may include codified dance techniques (such as ballet and contemporary techniques), improvisation, somatic movement practice, and other dance styles appropriate to recent developments in the sector. Emphasis will be on the development of movement skills, energy use, strength and control, while expanding interpretative skills and performance quality. There is a focus on the acquisition of self-reflective and problem solving skills equipping students with focus, concentration and resilience to be able to expand their physical and mental potential and to develop their communicative skills individually and in groups. Students will be expected to become self-reliant practitioners and to develop their personal professional practice including class preparation, methods of injury prevention, awareness of well-being and the ability to collaborate and contribute to a community of practice.