Movement Practice 1
Brief course description
The course develops and challenges the student’s movement skills and kinaesthetic understanding. The course will emphasise various techniques and methods within dance, and the course may in addition contain alternative movement practices. Students are given the opportunity to challenge and expand their physical potential, with the student’s ability to articulate and explore movement and dance being central to the course. In consultation with the programme coordinator, students shall establish a movement practice that is relevant to their own specialisation.
The course’s learning outcomes
Upon completing the course, students shall:
- have knowledge of the relationship between dance, movement practice and maintaining in shape
- have knowledge of the relationship between dance, movement practice and performative practice
- facilitate and carry out their own movement practice as an integral part of the programme
- be able to carry out a sustainable movement practice on the terms of their own body
Teaching and learning methods
Upon completing the course, students shall:
- have knowledge of the relationship between dance, movement practice and maintaining in shape
- have knowledge of the relationship between dance, movement practice and performative practice
- facilitate and carry out their own movement practice as an integral part of the programme
- be able to carry out a sustainable movement practice on the terms of their own body
Assessment
All course requirements must be approved in order for a student to receive a final course assessment.
The student’s coursework will be assessed on an ongoing basis. The ongoing assessment is based on supervision, teacher assessments and the student’s own reflection on his or her professional development in relation to the learning outcomes.
The final assessment will be made by the programme coordinator in consultation with the instructors or on the basis of course assignments.
The course is graded pass/fail.