| CODE | DCS5009 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Independent Dance Praxis | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 15 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dance Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This module examines the nature of practice as research (also known as practice-based research) with particular reference to the problematising of notions of 'professional', 'artistic' and 'academic' practices. It does so through an exploration of various epistemologies of, and knowledges generated by, practice as research (PAR). Practice as research is normally an original investigation where some of the resulting knowledge is embodied in an artifact. Key concepts to be interrogated include: tacit knowledge, subjective/objective knowing, perception, accessibility, relevance, reflection, evaluation, documentation, dissemination. The student will consider the application of these concepts to the chosen aspects of dance/performance, and investigate specific choreographic, technological, pedagogic and/or performative examples of the above concepts. Specific parameters of the assessment to be negotiated with the Programme Director and documented in a negotiated contract. In general terms the assessment will require evidence of research, performance or digital media presentation, explication of process and reflective evaluation of one's own work. Study-unit Aims: - aid student ability to identify and discuss selected issues and concepts of practice as research in relation to exemplars; - develop the ability to acquire knowledge of reflexive practice in the arts as debated in current literature and to investigate the relationship of theory to dance praxis; - develop with understanding selected aspects of research into personal performance practice; - introduce skills pertinent to the investigation and dissemination of performance ‘knowledge’. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify and discuss general issues and concepts of practice as research and to select those pertinent to individual research project; - show the ability to acquire knowledge of reflexive practice in the arts as debated in current literature and to investigate the relationship of theory to dance praxis; - understand and articulate aspects of research into personal performance practice; - demonstrate the ability to investigate and disseminate performance 'knowledge'. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - negotiate, design, research and organise a project integrating theory and practice; - problem solve; - communicate outcomes effectively in performance, IT and verbal forms. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Indicative Bibliography - Albright, A C (1997) Choreographing Difference: The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance, Hanover: University Press of New England. - Briginshaw, Val, (2001) Dance, Space and Subjectivity NY: St Martins Press. - Desmond, J (ed) (1997) Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance Durham: Duke University Press. - Elliott, John (1991) Action Research for Educational Change Buckingham: Open University Press. - Klemmis, S and others (1981) The Action Research Planner Victoria, Australia: Deakin University. - Schön D (1983), The Reflective Practitioner London: Temple Smith (L). www.bristol.ac.uk/PARIP www.choreographiccognition.com |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: DCS5002 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Blended Learning | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Malaika Sarco Thomas Brandon Shaw |
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