13DNA

13 Dance Accelerate

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Joshua Grace.

Students will: 

- Compose a conceptual dance and rehearse a group for performance. 

- Utilise production technologies within choreography 

- Perform a repertoire of contrasting dances.  

- Gain leadership experience by teaching dance to primary and intermediate students within our Kāhui Ako

- Write about performance practices in dance. 

- Have the opportunity to do scholarship dance. 

*Scholarship dance is a written submission due towards the end of the year. It has three parts; your choreography, a written analysis of your choreographic processes and a reflection on a performance you have done. 

*This course will give students the necessary time and experience to complete scholarship dance. However those that do not wish to do scholarship dance, may still select this providing they have completed Level Three in the previous academic year. 

There will be 18 different NCEA Level Three Dance credits to gain from those completed in 12DNA or 13DN1. 


Prerequisites

Students must have gained a total of at least 16 NCEA Level Three Dance credits from 13DN1.

OR HoD Approval




Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

*13DNA* - Supplementary costs: Approx $30

Career Pathways

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 18
Internal Assessed Credits: 18
External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91588 v2
NZQA Info

Dance 3.1 - Produce a dance to realise a concept


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 8
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 3, Week: 10

A.S. 91592 v2
NZQA Info

Dance 3.5 - Perform a repertoire of contrasting dances


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91593 v2
NZQA Info

Dance 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of dance performance practices


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 5

A.S. 93311 v15
NZQA Info

SCHL - Dance


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 0
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 18
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.