Ashburton College
Year 9 Dance
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: D. Dawson.
WHAT THE COURSE WILL COVER:
Unleash your creativity. The Year 9 Dance course is designed to give students a taste of what the subject has to offer. Dance is a skills based subject where students learn to work independently as well as part of a group whilst developing creativity through performance.
Students will experience:
- Introduction to Dance. Learning a variety of dance styles.
- Trying your hand at choreography, the art of creating dances.
- Learning and performing group numbers and developing ensemble skills in performance.
- Exploring Māori performing arts styles and techniques and experiencing a range of dance styles from around the world.
- Ways to warm up, cool down, and stretch to keep your body injury-free.
METHODS OF LEARNING
The Dance course is entirely practical and learning happens on-your-feet through group work, discussions and performance opportunities.
WHERE DOES THE SUBJECT LEAD
You can take Dance through to NCEA Level 3 and beyond. Many exciting tertiary options are available for students wanting to study Dance and career opportunities are varied. Examples of these are: professional dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, fitness instructor, dance therapist, event organiser or producer.
Disclaimer
For NCEA Levels 1, 2 & 3 courses will be made up of a selection of the stated standards. This will happen at the beginning of the year with the assigned teacher.
WEB87, Rendered 7.56MB in 0.1048 seconds with 20 queries.
