This course requires 2 options.
Hagley Dance Project (13HDP)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Naressa Gamble.
Hagley Dance Project
Expand your creative potential. Explore and harness your unique abilities through dance and movement. Develop your individual style.
Build your movement and dance confidence in a non-competitive, nurturing environment. Perform, choreograph, and dance in specific dance projects.
Are you passionate about working on a dance project of your choice? HDP gives you the opportunity to use your dance skills. Proposals will be considered throughout the year.
Course Design
- Tailored towards your dance interests and goals
- Flexibility to study part-time
- Technique development throughout
Project Based Learning
- Term One: In Situ Project – Site specific choreography and performance.
- Term Two: Schools Tour – Develop your own material to teach at Canterbury High Schools.
- Term Three/Four: Student choreography, guest choreography and preparation for the end of year show.
Movement Techniques include
- Contemporary dance focus, Improvisation, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Capoeira, Yoga, Pilates, Somatic Dance, Conscious Dance, Open Floor principles and Contact Improvisation.
10 Great Reasons to Choose Hagley Dance Project
Transition towards a university degree or other tertiary study
Extend you dance technique and body knowledge
Discover a post-secondary learning environment that celebrates creativity
Build connections within the dance industry
Develop choreographic skills
Increase strength, flexibility, and fitness
Work on projects with like-minded individuals
Extend your performance experience
Build confidence
Invest in your creative process
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Enrolment Fee: Under 19 = 0 (MOE funded)
Age 19+ = 4hrs per week = $100
= 8hrs per week = $160
Specialty Course costs: = $40
Under 19 includes t-shirt, specialist guest tutors (Other costs MOE funded)
19+ T shirt, specialist guest tutors
4hrs = $200
8hrs = $400
Entry requirements
Dance experience an advantage
NCEA Level 2 & 3
Private dance school training
Past Hagley Dance Project and Company graduates
Welcoming space for degree graduates to propose projects
Age 17 - 30's
Interview and audition
Pathways
- UNITEC - Bachelor of Performing & Screen Arts
- Auckland University - Dance Studies
- University of Otago - School of Performing Arts
Course Overview
Term 1
AS91588 (3.1) Produce a dance to realise a concept, 8 credits
In order to ensure sufficiency of evidence it is strongly recommended that the performance of the dance be at least 2 minutes long. The choreography may be for a solo, duet or group work. The choreography may be for live viewing or video dance. The teacher will provide a brief or stimuli and guidance to students in the process of developing a concept and making a dance.
Although the choreographer has overall artistic control s/he may use collaborative processes when working with dancers or making design decisions. Choreographers are encouraged to use movement material generated from improvisation and rehearsal with the dancers.
It is intended that the choreographers will not perform their own choreography so that they are able to see the results of their choreographic and design decisions. Design decisions should be made within the parameters of the relevant and available production technologies in the school. Choreographed work must be presented with the use of relevant and available production technologies, e.g. lighting, costume, sound, projection of images.
Term 2
Site Specific Performance - Week 2 - TBC
Action Climate Campus - Friday 9th May - daytime show
Saturday 10th May - evening show
Prepare for Schools Tour and Windows Show
Term 3
Prepare for Windows show Week 2 Performance
Schools Tour
Prepare for end of year Dance Show - Week 2 - Term 4
Term 4
In Motion Dance Show - Week 2 - 15th Oct, 6pm, Auripo
Recommended Prior Learning
For application and audition contact
Naressa Gamble
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Enrolment Fee
Under 19 - $0 (MOE Funded)
Age 19+ - $160
Specialty Course Cost (T-shirt and Specialist guest tutors)
Under 19 - $40 -T-shirt (Other costs - MOE Funded)
Age 19+ - $400
Assessment Information
QualificationHagley Certificate in Dance upon completion.
We also offer NCEA Level 3 Achievement standards in Dance