Understanding Dance Through Authentic Choreographic and A/r/tographic Experiences

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Cook, Peter J.. 2017. "Understanding Dance Through Authentic Choreographic and A/r/tographic Experiences." Chemi, Tatiana and Du, Xiangyun (ed.) Arts-based Methods and Organizational Learning. Cham, Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 115-146
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Understanding Dance Through Authentic Choreographic and A/r/tographic Experiences

Book Chapter CategoryEdited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID2865
Book TitleArts-based Methods and Organizational Learning
Authors
AuthorCook, Peter J.
EditorsChemi, Tatiana and Du, Xiangyun
Page Range115-146
SeriesPalgrave Studies in Business, Arts and Humanities
Chapter Number6
Number of Pages32
Year2017
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of PublicationCham, Switzerland
ISBN9783319638072
9783319638089
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63808-9_6
Web Address (URL)https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-63808-9_6
Abstract

In Arts education, and specifically for Dance, the challenge for tertiary educators is to provide authentic, artful experiences with the aim of developing teachers capable of delivering authentic Dance curriculum. The limited time allocated to the Arts necessitates strategic focus on the design of the unit and the development of engaging artistic assessment tasks. Codifying learning activities around choreographic practice provides students with access irrespective of prior learning and offers robust Arts-based experiences. The questions emerging from the research are as follows: 1. How does the unit organisation enhance students’ artistic learning? 2. How does offering authentic choreographic experiences and assessment enhance students’ appreciation of Dance as an Art form? 3. How could these choreographic experiences better prepare students for their future role as generalist teachers? This chapter describes a pilot study that explored students’ understanding of Dance and how their artistic assessable tasks enabled them as artists, researchers and teachers.

KeywordsDance education; A/r/tography; Choreographic practice; Arts education
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
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Byline AffiliationsSouthern Cross University
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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