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Overview
About Dance
Dance fosters creative and expressive communication. It uses the body as an instrument for expression and communication of ideas. It provides opportunities for students to critically examine and reflect on their world through higher order thinking and movement. It encourages the holistic development of a person, providing a way of knowing about oneself, others and the world.
Subject summary
Subject type | Assessment | QCE credits | Contributes to ATAR |
---|---|---|---|
General |
Internal assessment (75%) External assessment (25%) | Up to 4 | Yes |
What will students learn?
In studying Dance, students will learn about:
- moving bodies
- moving through environments
- moving statements
- moving my way.
How will students be assessed?
Students will complete the following assessments:
- performance (20%)
- choreography (20%)
- project — dance work (35%)
- examination — extended response (25%).
Where can Dance lead?
Studying Dance can lead to:
- arts administration and management
- communication
- education
- public relations
- research
- science and technology.
More information
Email Dance@qcaa.qld.edu.au or phone (07) 3120 6146.
The Arts
- Arts in Practice (2019)
- Dance (2019)
- Dance in Practice (2019)
- Drama (2019)
- Drama in Practice (2019)
- Film, Television & New Media (2019)
- Media Arts in Practice (2019)
- Music (2019)
- Music Extension (Composition) (2020)
- Music Extension (Musicology) (2020)
- Music Extension (Performance) (2020)
- Music in Practice (2019)
- Visual Art (2019)
- Visual Arts in Practice (2019)