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dynamics
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In dance, how dance is performed including weight, force, energy and movement qualities. In music, how music is performed including volume, energy and intensity..
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elements of dance
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Space, time, dynamics and relationships.
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elements of drama
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Role and character, relationships, situation, voice, movement, focus, tension, space, time, language, symbol, audience, mood and atmosphere.
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elements of media arts
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Composition, time, space, sound, movement and lighting. Also known as technical and symbolic elements.
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elements of music
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Rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, timbre, and texture.
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expressive skills
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In Dance, the use of facial expression to communicate in performance. In Drama, the use of facial and vocal expression to communicate in performance. In Music, the use of elements such as dynamics combined with technical skills to enhance performance
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fundamental movement skills
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The fundamental movement skills to be developed include: locomotor and non-locomotor skills – rolling, balancing, sliding, jogging, running, leaping, jumping, hopping, dodging, galloping, skipping, bouncing, throwing, catching, kicking, striking. In years 5-6 students extend their use of various combinations of fundamental movement skills and technical skills, developing competence, body control and accuracy.
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ideas
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In this course the word has an open meaning and can be interpreted as understandings, thoughts, notions, opinions, views or beliefs. In Dance, movement that is created spontaneously, either free-form or highly structured. In Drama, a spontaneous enactment taking on roles and situations to create dramatic action and extend an idea; usually short and are structured into a complete little play. In Music, spontaneously extending and varying music ideas in response to initial material or responses invented by other performers in an ensemble.
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improvisation
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Spontaneous, creative activity applying the elements of an art form.
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locomotor movement
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Travelling movements, movement from one space to another such as walking, running, hopping, skipping, leaping or crawling.
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non-locomotor movement
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Movement of the body occurring above a stationary base, on the spot movements. Also called axial movement. For example, bending, stretching, twisting, shaking, bouncing, rising, sinking, pushing, pulling, or swinging and swaying
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materials
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Physical resources, equipment including technologies, and information used to make artworks. For example, paint, digital camera, pencil, drum and/or clarinet.
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media representation
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The act of representing people, places and times, shared social values and beliefs through images, sounds and text, or a combination of these. The representations are a constructed reality.
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media technologies
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The tools and processes which are essential for producing, accessing and distributing media.
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movement
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In Drama, using facial expression, posture and action expressively in space and time to create roles, situations, relationships, atmosphere and symbols. In Media Arts, the way the eye discovers images or text; the suggestion of movement through sound.
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movement vocabulary
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The accumulation of movement, steps, gestures that make up a repertoire for physical expression of feelings or ideas.
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perform
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Enact or stage a presentation for an audience.
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pitch
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In Music, the relative highness or lowness of sound
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practise
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Regularly revising, developing and consolidating skills, techniques and repertoire as a class or as an individual.
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present
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To show for others to scrutinise or consider.
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represent
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Use words, images, symbols or signs to convey meaning.
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rhythm
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In Dance, combination of long and short movements. In Music, combinations of long and short sounds that convey a sense of movement subdivision of sound within a beat. In Media Arts, a technique or effect achieved in editing.
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role-play
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To pretend to be someone else.
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safe dance practices
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Can be defined as the practice of selecting and executing safe movement. The focus is on providing dance activities and exercises which allow students to participate without risk of injury. All dance movement should be performed relevant to an individual’s body type and capabilities.
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space
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In Dance, where the body moves, including level, dimension, direction, shape, active space, positive space, negative space, planes, pathways, general space, personal space and performance space. In Drama, the space of the performance and audience, fictional space of the dramatic action and the emotional space between characters. In Media Arts, the distance and relationship between objects, sounds or text or the depiction of place.
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stimulus
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A thing or event that evokes a reaction and arouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive
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symbol
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In Drama, associations that occur when something is used to represent something else to reinforce or extend dramatic meaning
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technical skills
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Combination of proficiencies in control, accuracy, alignment, strength, balance and coordination in an art form that develop with practice: In Dance, proficiencies developed through the acquisition of appropriate strength, flexibility, coordination and endurance in the performance of body actions, locomotor and non-locomotor movements, and developed with practice to perform in specific dance styles. In Music, proficiencies developed with practice in order to sing or play instruments.
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text
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The means for communication. Their forms and conventions have developed to help us communicate effectively with a variety of audiences for a range of purposes. Texts can be written, visual, spoken or multimodal and in print or digital/online forms.
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types of communication
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Verbal, non-verbal and written
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visual elements
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Include line, colour, shape, texture, space and form found in artworks, and incorporated in the design of performance spaces (including sets) for dance and drama.
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Preliminary Qualifications Issuing Information.pdf