VCE Dance case studies
VCE Dance · Put your knowledge to work in context.
VCE Dance is a Victorian Certificate of Education study design published by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), with an accreditation period from 2019. It is intended for senior secondary students in Victoria who are building performance, choreography and analysis skills within a recognised senior qualification. The VCE Dance case studies are 5 cases and about 3,597 words.
1Structuring the Solo Composition Around a Prescribed Work's Movement Vocabulary
A student has chosen to build her Unit 4 solo composition around the movement vocabulary of a prescribed work studied in Unit 3 - a contemporary work with a strong floor-based, weight-sharing phrase. Her first draft is 2 minutes 10 seconds; the assessment requires a solo of 2 to 3 minutes.
700 words, about 4 min2Choosing Between Two Prescribed Works for a Comparative Analysis Task
A class must complete a written analysis comparing two prescribed works from different cultural contexts. A student is torn between two pairings.
684 words, about 3 min3Diagnosing an Ensemble Group Performance That Loses Cohesion Under Performance Conditions
A group of five students has devised a four-minute ensemble performance drawing on a prescribed work's group sections. In rehearsal, timing and spacing are strong.
734 words, about 4 min4Advising on the Safe Use of a Physically Demanding Prescribed Work's Vocabulary
A student is creating a solo that borrows heavily from a prescribed work featuring repeated deep lunges, fast direction changes, and sustained weight-bearing on one arm. She has a history of a minor knee complaint (resolved, cleared by a physiotherapist) and trains four times a week.
748 words, about 4 min5Interpreting Conflicting Feedback on a Composition's Use of a Prescribed Work
A student's composition draws on a prescribed work by manipulating its motifs. At feedback point one, her teacher praises the manipulation as 'inventive and clearly derived from the source', but a visiting artist observes that the solo 'no longer reads as connected to the prescribed work at all - the source has disappeared'.
731 words, about 4 min