Taking a Chance on Dance
This course focuses on the aesthetic aspect of dance by engaging students in a whole experience, intending to enrich them as people, dancers and makers of dance through the “three key learning processes: making, performing and appreciating”. It involves learning to perform and create dance, learning to appreciate and appraise dance and using dance to support cognitive learning, contextualisation and critical thinking.
Upon completion of the subject, students should be able to:
1. master the characteristics of various dance styles and understand the underlying principles common to dance movements such as body positions, spatial patterns, kinesthetic awareness, dynamics and movement qualities in performing, making and appreciating dance;
2. demonstrate their understanding and knowledge of the arts of dance, performance etiquette and stage terminology in relation to historical, cultural, and personal perspectives;
3. apply decision-making, analytical and problem-solving skills in creating, organising and composing dances to demonstrate clear dance forms or structures and be able to communicate ideas, moods, feelings and themes through dance;
4. cultivate critical responses, ability of appreciation and creative thinking skills in performing, making and appreciating dance;
5. demonstrate teamwork skills, personal responsibility and positive values during the choreographic and making process; and
6. develop self-understanding for further studies and career development in the related field.
Course Overview
Course Structure
Course Synopsis and Teaching & Learning
Introduction Video:
"Achieve Your Dream" Video
Introduction of "Taking a Chance on Dance" and "The Essentials of Theatre Arts"
Galleries - Student Performance
Video: Student Performance - Modern Dacnce
Student Performance - Jazz Dacnce
Video: Student Graduation Show - Chinese Dance
Student Graduation Show - Hip Hop Dance
Student Graduation Show - Jazz Dance
2020-2022 Audition arrangement
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Students are required to send a completed application form and a questionnaire together with the audition video and portfolio (if any) to apl@hkapa.edu on or before 21.06.2020(17:00)
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(Students are required to film a dance audition video based on the Demonstration Clip provided by the Academy*. Links for viewing or downloading the audition video should be sent to apl@hkapa.edu