| CODE | DCS3027 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Synoptic Study-unit: Dance Studies Review | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dance Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | In the light of the modular structure of BA and BA Hons programmes of study, this study-unit is designed to prepare and measure the students’ ability to link and combine together, with a thematic approach, knowledge acquired in individual segments, with the objective of assessing the students’ overall level of maturity and understanding at the end of the degree course. Study-Unit Aims: - To enable the students to gain an integrative understanding of the chosen topics and to reflect on these areas in an academic, professional, and personal way; - To verify and test the knowledge of the students after three years of study; - To prepare students to discuss topics in an overarching manner, establishing links between different areas and theories, merging the course content into an overall coherent whole. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand current topics in Dance Studies from different perspectives; - Formulate a critical opinion based on theoretical understandings and frameworks; - Analyse topics, performances, events, or practices through a coherent engagement with Dance Studies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Answer a wide range of questions concerning issues and topics within the theory and practice of Dance Studies; - Link interrelated topics from different areas; - Express eloquently notions pertaining to the discipline as studied throughout the three years; - Synthesize and evaluate theories, practices, events, and contexts in Dance Studies. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Alexandra Carter and Janet O'Shea, (eds.), The Routledge dance studies reader, sec. ed. (New York: Routledge), pp. 335-43. - Bunker, J., Pakes, A. and Rowell, B., (eds). 2013. Thinking through dance: the philosophy of dance performance and practices. (Hampshire: Dance Books Ltd). - Schechner, Richard (2007) Performance Studies: an Introduction, 2nd edition, Routledge Supplementary Readings: - Foster, Susan L. (1986) Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance, University of California Press. - Franco, S. and M. Nordera. 2007. Dance Discourses: key words in dance research (Routledge). - Lepecki, André. 2004. Of the presence of the body: Essays on dance and performance theory (Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Synoptic Study-Unit | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sara Accettura Margaret Jean Westby Deborah Williams |
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