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Evidence Guide: CUADAN309A - Increase depth of street dance technique

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CUADAN309A - Increase depth of street dance technique

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Maintain a physical conditioning program

  1. In consultation with relevant personnel identify a range of techniques to improve stamina, strength and flexibility
  2. Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique
  3. Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required
  4. Take fatigue, personal limitations and boundaries into account when undertaking physical conditioning program
  5. Always perform warm-up and cool-down activities in conjunction with dance activities
  6. Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for undertaking exercise regime and practising dance technique
In consultation with relevant personnel identify a range of techniques to improve stamina, strength and flexibility

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Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique

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Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required

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Take fatigue, personal limitations and boundaries into account when undertaking physical conditioning program

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Always perform warm-up and cool-down activities in conjunction with dance activities

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Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for undertaking exercise regime and practising dance technique

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Build on basic street dance performance technique

  1. Ensure appropriate performance preparation
  2. Perform street dance movements and steps with increasing confidence and expertise
  3. Improvise movements to create a personal style, in a learning environment
  4. Choreograph and perform a basic street dance sequence, in a learning environment
  5. Explore individuality and originality during rehearsals and practice sessions
  6. Incorporate musicality, rhythm and correct timing into performances
  7. Coordinate position and movement between other dancers
Ensure appropriate performance preparation

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Perform street dance movements and steps with increasing confidence and expertise

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Improvise movements to create a personal style, in a learning environment

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Choreograph and perform a basic street dance sequence, in a learning environment

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Explore individuality and originality during rehearsals and practice sessions

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Incorporate musicality, rhythm and correct timing into performances

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Coordinate position and movement between other dancers

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Maintain expertise

  1. Continuously practise basic movements
  2. Maintain and update knowledge of street dance terminology
  3. Use feedback from teachers and mentors to identify and develop ways to improve own street dance performance skills
  4. Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas and trends, and maintaining motivation
Continuously practise basic movements

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Maintain and update knowledge of street dance terminology

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Use feedback from teachers and mentors to identify and develop ways to improve own street dance performance skills

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Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas and trends, and maintaining motivation

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to:

improve street dance technique over a 6 to 12 month period

perform a range of basic street dance techniques in a learning environment

respond appropriately to constructive feedback on own dance technique

follow safe dance practices.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to appropriate dance performance areas or spaces.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence

third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance

evaluation of live or recorded performances

verbal or written questioning to test knowledge as listed in the required skills and knowledge section of this unit

case studies and scenarios as a basis for discussion of issues and challenges that arise in the context of maintaining a personal physical conditioning program

direct observation of candidate in rehearsals and performances.

Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands (e.g. literacy) and the needs of particular groups (e.g. people with disabilities and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties, such as speakers of languages other than English, remote communities and those with interrupted schooling).

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:

CUACHR301A Develop basic dance composition skills

CUADAN304A Develop dance improvisational skills

CUAMUP301A Prepare personal appearance for performances

CUAPRF307A Develop performance techniques.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

communication skills to:

discuss dance and physical conditioning issues with relevant personnel

read and interpret a simple combination of street dance steps in written form

respond appropriately to feedback on own skill development

initiative and enterprise skills to:

work creatively with music and dance

dance with strong stage presence, confidence and projection

communicate the mood or style of dances to audiences

choreograph a simple street dance sequence

learning skills to:

improve own street dance techniques through practice and a positive attitude to dancing

develop and implement a personal physical conditioning program

develop a movement memory

planning and organising skills to plan practice time

self-management skills to:

arrive punctually at classes and practice sessions

dress appropriately

observe dance discipline and follow direction

apply safe dance practices

teamwork skills to work collaboratively with others involved in dance classes and performances.

Required knowledge

well-developed knowledge of:

principles underlying dance movements and techniques, such as:

relationship with gravity

spatial awareness

successional movement

use of breath

folding

extending

rotating

shifting weight

anatomical foundations, including:

articulation of the spine

engagement of the feet

bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso

range of motion of the joints

differentiation of the legs and pelvis

importance of healthy food choices in relation to wellbeing and injury prevention, including five food groups and recommended daily amounts

street dance terminology

musical rhythms, including:

time signatures

beat

tempo

syncopation

overview knowledge of:

different street dance styles

history of street dance, including prominent dancers

ways of notating street dance.

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Relevant personnel may include:

teachers

mentors

coaches

medical practitioners

nutrition experts

colleagues

family members

performers.

Risk factors may relate to:

consistency of a physical fitness regime

own ambition

expectations of others

injury-prevention strategies

effect of different ground surfaces, such as:

concrete or hard floor

moving float

podium or raised platform

runway

slippery floor

sloping surface

sticky floor

gender issues

body image and eating disorders

insufficient hydration

poor nutrition

incorrectly fitting footwear and clothing

gender-appropriate performance techniques.

Warm-up and cool-down activities may include:

stretching

joint-mobility exercises

flexibility exercises

aerobic activities

anaerobic exercises

coordinated breathing activities

floor work.

Performance preparation may refer to:

awareness of performance environment (space, location, size) and audience

preparation of performance space to ensure safety of self and others

mental preparation

immediate physical preparation

rehearsal appropriate to audience

awareness of time lines and call times immediately prior to performance

preparation and organisation of props, costumes and equipment immediately prior to performance.

Street dance movements and stepsmay include:

waving

ticking

scooby do

twirl

toprocks, uprocks

freezes

fare

improvisation

strobing

jax

power moves: 6-step, 3-step, windmill

clown walk

crip walk

grinding

stomping

chest pops

shuffling

skating

jacking

locking

backslide

freezes

Harlem shake

floating

gliding

sliding

demonstrating an awareness of personal and general space when travelling and stationary

correct posture and alignment when in motion

demonstrating safe dance practices in jumping, falling and faster travelling steps

dancing in time with the music

non-locomotor techniques, including:

balance

stillness.

Performances may be:

live before an audience

in a learning environment.

Terminologymay refer to:

battle

crew

break

fams

callouts

clowning

buck

kill offs

tricks

B Boys

B Girls

animation

boogaloo.