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Analyse HSC dance students' perspectives on the interview and elaboration in the HSC dance practical exam
Analyse HSC dance students' perspectives on the interview and elaboration in the HSC dance practical exam
Student dance resource developed by The Arts Unit
Years 11 and 12 dance
What will I learn?
What will I learn?
A conversation with the dancers looks at HSC students' perspectives on the interview and elaboration in the HSC dance practical exam.
Past students discuss their process in the oral demonstration of knowledge and understanding in the core performance, core composition and the major study performance components.
You will:
identify and describe body skills
evaluate your own body's limitations and capabilities
reflect on the effectiveness of your own use of the compositional process
analyse your own use of dance technique and performance quality to further enhance your interpretation.
Before you begin
Before you begin
You will need:
a note-taking device or pen and paper.
Core performance
Core performance
Watch the video of Lucinda Nobel from Bradfield College as she discusses her interview preparation.
Callback 2019 – Lucinda Nobel – Bradfield College Interview preparation
Duration: 01:46Lucinda discusses linking the 3 components of core performance together in the oral responses.
Reflect on your own core performance piece and discuss how you can link dance technique, performance quality and safe dance practice to particular body skills.
Watch the video of Colina Zhang from Northern Beaches Secondary College as she discusses extra training.
Callback 2019 – Colina Zhang – Northern Beaches Secondary College – Extra training
Duration: 01:20
Colina gives some advice on extra training that you could undertake in preparation for the core performance practical.
Explore your own training and link this to your demonstration of stamina, flexibility and endurance. Did this play a part in your demonstration of particular body skills?
Watch the following 2 videos from Kennedy Patch and Samantha Moon from Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts.
They each explain the importance of modifying aspects of your core performance to suit your own body's capabilities and limitations.
Callback 2017 – Kennedy Patch – Modifying technique to suit own body's capabilities
Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsDuration: 02:02
Callback 2019 – Samantha Moon – Modifying movement
Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsDuration: 01:30Examine your own work and discuss how and why you have modified aspects of it.
Core composition
Core composition
Watch the video of Joanne Hwang from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts as she discusses music and generating movement.
Callback 2018 – Joanne Hwang – Music and generating movement
Newtown High School of the Performing ArtsDuration: 02:11Joanne discusses the process she went through to select her music and how she generated movement from a stimulus.
Outline the process you went through in selecting a stimulus and generating movement for your own composition. Did music play a part in this?
Watch the video of Jarrod Everingham-Bryan from Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School as he explains how he generated movement based around his concept.
Callback 2018 – Jarrod Everingham-Bryan – Movement generation
Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High SchoolDuration: 03:09Discuss your own process in generating movement. How did you use the elements of dance to do this?
Watch the video of Darcy Swadling from Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts as she gives advice on the way she used her concept to create structure and how she manipulated motifs to generate phrases of movement.
Callback 2019 – Darcy Swadling – Concept, structure and motif manipulation
Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsDuration: 02:10Evaluate your own process of how you created phrases of movement using motif manipulation.
What structure did you use within your core composition and how did you communicate this?
Major study performance
Major study performance
Watch the video of Owen Sloggett from Engadine High School as he explains the way he used the concept of his major study performance and enhanced this using his own interpretation.
Callback 2018 – Owen Sloggett – Enhancing movement through interpretation and focus
Engadine High SchoolDuration: 02:02
Outline the concept of your major study performance and how you can develop your own interpretation of this.
How would you use performance quality to communicate this to your audience?
Watch the video of Soraya Zapata from Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts as she discusses interpretation.
Callback 2018 – Soraya Zapata – Interpretation
Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsDuration: 01:47Soraya outlines her use of spatial awareness and dynamics to further the interpretation of her work.
Discuss your use of the elements of dance to further your own interpretation of your major study performance.
Watch the video of Amelia Holmes from Camden Haven High School as she discusses her use of a prop and how integral it is to her interpretation.
Callback 2019 – Amelia Holmes – Prop and its integrity to interpretation
Camden Haven High SchoolDuration: 02:16If your major study performance uses a prop, discuss how you would use this to further enhance your interpretation of your work.
Preparation
Preparation
Watch the video of Sibel Alca from Westfield Sports High School as she discusses her approach in using the syllabus to prepare for the exam.
Callback 2017 – Sibel Alca – Using the syllabus to prepare
Westfield Sports High SchoolDuration: 04:02How can you use Sibel's advice to prepare for your own exam?
Congratulations!
You have completed this @The Arts Unit Creative Class.
We wish you all the best in your HSC!
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Callback images 2017, 2018 & 2019, photographer: Anna Warr.
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