Dance Elective Courses

DANCE 121 - Dance Technique

Recommended course for first-year Bachelor of Dance Studies students.

• Course prescription: Continuation of work undertaken in DANCE 120 with exploration of skills, repertoire, and merging dance styles.
• Semester availability: Semester Two
• Prerequisite: DANCE 120
• Programme restriction: BDanceSt
• Points: 15

DANCE 201 - Dance and Interdisciplinarity

• Course prescription: Building integrated connections with other arts disciplines such as music, literature, art.
• Semester availability: Semester One 
• Prerequisite: DANCE 101 or 110
• Programme restriction: BDanceSt
• Points: 15

DANCE 215 – Styles and Techniques: Street Dance and Jazz

• Course prescription: To prepare students for the diverse kinds of physical engagement that may be required in the dance industry. Focus on the practice of learning and physically articulating diverse studio dance techniques, with a specific focus on hip hop and  jazz.
• Semester availability: Semester One 
• Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Dance Studies
• Programme restriction: BDanceSt
• Points: 15

DANCE 216 - Indigenous Dance: Aotearoa and Te-Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa

• Course Prescription: Develops knowledge of foundational creative dance praxis pertaining to the Contexts of Aotearoa and Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa. Explores cultural and kinaesthetic expressions, traditions, protocols and artists' elements in relation to indigenous concepts and methodologies of dance practices.
• Semester Availability: Semester Two
• Prerequisite: MĀORI 190, PACIFIC 110

DANCE 316 - He mana Motuhake o te-Moana-Nui-a-kiwa: Contemporary Indigenous Dance

• Course prescription: Explores the artistic relationality of Vā and
  Whakapapa through indigenous dance praxis. Storytelling through complex choreographic methodological and theoretical concepts will navigate the importance of people to place. Offers an insight into distinct Oceania values as it pertains to the Creative Arts in Aotearoa and wider te-moana-nui-a-kiwa.
• Semester Availability: Semester One
• Prerequisite: DANCE 216

DANCE 350 – Indigenous Contemporary Dance o te Moana Nui a Kiwa

• Course prescription: This course will develop an awareness and understanding of indigenous Contemporary Māori and Pacific Performance. This includes engaging with Oceanic dance discourse in Aotearoa, and in diverse cultural communities. This paper will examine issues and practices that inform indigenous Contemporary  Dance in Aotearoa and the wider Pacific in its various contexts. Students will develop the ability to discuss issues pertaining to indigenous Dance, and will explore notions of ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ within this context. 
• Semester availability: Semester One
• Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II Dance Studies
• Programme restriction: BDanceSt
• Points: 15

DANCE 351 – Advanced Performance

• Course prescription: The aim of this course is to explore methods for enhancing performance and theatre presence in different theatre and film spaces. The key outcomes include the development of an understanding of what makes a performance great and how diverse connections are made with different audiences.
• Semester availability: Semester Two
• Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Dance Studies
• Programme restriction: BDanceSt
• Points: 15