Overview
Advanced Dance Practice is a capstone course in which students synthesize technical, performance, choreographic, scholarly, and professional capabilities into an individualized dance practice. Intensive studio work addresses alignment, conditioning, efficiency, range, resilience, improvisation, musicality, performance presence, and stylistic adaptability. Students pursue an independent project, repertory study, teaching or peer-mentorship activity, solo, choreographic work, performance role, or interdisciplinary practice.
Seminars and advising address artistic identity, professional ethics, audition preparation, portfolio and documentation standards, grant and residency applications, community engagement, wellness, consent, accessibility, labor practices, and the historical and cultural responsibilities of dance makers and performers. Students document their process, respond to critique, revise work through embodied investigation, and present a polished final outcome supported by critical self-evaluation.
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate personal technical, artistic, and professional capabilities through structured self-assessment and measurable goal setting.
- Demonstrate advanced technical discipline, physical preparedness, stylistic adaptability, and sustained performance resilience.
- Synthesize embodied research, scholarly inquiry, and creative experimentation into a coherent personal practice.
- Make sophisticated interpretive, choreographic, and performance decisions in response to artistic aims and contextual evidence.
- Manage an independent creative project from proposal and research through development, revision, completion, and presentation.
- Collaborate and communicate professionally with peers, tutors, directors, and community partners.
- Situate creative work within relevant artistic, historical, cultural, and ethical contexts.
- Advocate for healthy, equitable, accessible, and consent-based practices in dance training, production, and professional environments.
- Construct effective professional materials and present a polished final outcome using appropriate documentation standards.
- Critique and revise creative processes and outcomes using external feedback, reflective analysis, and embodied evidence.
Timetable
| Type | Length | Frequency | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Studio | 4 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Seminar | 2 hours | Fortnightly | All semester |
| Tutorial | 1 hour | Fortnightly | All semester |
Assessment Schedule
| Type | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Learning contract and initial self-assessment | 10.00% |
| Attendance | Studio progress (1 × 20%) | 20.00% |
| Deliverable | Research and process portfolio | 20.00% |
| Assignment | Professional materials | 10.00% |
| Capstone | Final performance or presentation | 30.00% |
| Assignment | Critical capstone reflection | 10.00% |
Prerequisites
Teaching Staff & Programs
This course is delivered jointly by faculty from the participating programs listed below. In line with the Douchewater Way, the University of Sexology tailors core instruction directly to each cohort's specific discipline — adapting curriculum to program needs rather than forcing students into a one-size-fits-all model. Learn more about our approach at The Douchewater Way.