Title: Introduction to the unit Unit: PER007-1 Applied Choreography: Dance and Innovation Course: Dance and Professional Practice Institution: University of Bedfordshire Tutor: Diccon Hogger

1. Introduction to the unit
PER007-1 Applied Choreography: Dance and Innovation
Diccon Hogger

2. Unit Aims
• To encourage the application of compositional skill and
understanding to innovative and emerging fields of practice
• To consider ways in which dance can have creative applications to a
range of different contexts both live and virtual
• To provide the framework for the introduction of professional skills
that will build throughout the programme towards enhancing
employability through the creative and practical use of digital
technologies
• To focus on the relationship of dance, performance and
choreographic practice to new media and technologies
• To develop professional methods of working such as collaborative
working practices, working to time deadlines and individual
responsibility
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3. Unit Schedule
Teaching week/
Calendar week/
Date
Theme, content, title Lecture preparation
Teaching week 11
Calendar week 2
Week beginning Monday 5th
January
Workshop 1: Introduction to the
unit
Introduction to the unit. Practical
session looking at movement
creativity with a digital twist.
Workshop 2: Choreography of the
camera
How the camera can be the focal
point
Assessment 1 due: Thursday 8th
January
Main Theatre
Moon, J. (2004) ‘Resource 2’,
‘Resource 3’ and ‘Resource 5’ in
Moon, J. A handbook of reflective
and experiential learning: theory and
practice. London: Routledge Falmer,
pp. 186-189, pp. 190-191 and pp.
196-203.
[Available Online – see BREO
Guided Learning]
Teaching week 12
Calendar week 3
Week beginning Monday 12th
January
Workshop 3: Digital Architecture
Exploring camera skill needed for
creating digital environments
Workshop 4: Digital Architecture
Continued
Developing movement linked to
digital environments
Rubidge, S. (2002) ‘Digital
technology in choreography: issues
and implications,’ paper presented at
the Dance and Technology
International Academic Symposium,
Seoul, South Korea, 6 November
2002.
[Available Online – see BREO
Guided Learning]University of Bedfordshire 3

4. Lecture Schedule
Teaching week/
Calendar week/
Date
Theme, content, title Lecture preparation
Teaching week 13
Calendar week 4
Week beginning Monday 19th
January
Lecture 1: Contextual Lecture
Historical context lecture of Digital
Performance
Dixon, S. (2007) ‘Introduction,’ in
Dixon, S. Digital performance: a
history of new media in theatre,
dance, performance art, and
installation. Cambridge, Mass,: MIT
Press, pp. 1-34.
[Available Online – see BREO
Guided Learning]
Teaching week 14
Calendar week 5
Week beginning Monday 26th
January
Lecture 2: Contextual Lecture
Further look at the impact of Digital
Performance
*Remember you are in T0.08 this
week
Davis, S. (2012) ‘Liveness, mediation
and immediacy – innovative
technology use in process and
performance,’ Research in Drama
Education: The Journal of Applied
Theatre and Performance, 17 (4), pp.
501-516.
[Available Online – see BREO
Guided Learning]
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5. Lecture Schedule
Teaching week/
Calendar week/
Date
Theme, content, title Lecture preparation
Teaching week 15
Calendar week 6
Week beginning Monday 2nd
February
Workshop 5: Live Feed
Investigation
Introduction to the use of live feed
and its principles
Workshop 6: Live Feed
Investigation 2
Exploring the use of live feed as a
performance tool
Workshop 7: Live Feed
Investigation 3
Continued Exploration of live feed
Lecture 3: Digital Creativity
Analysing digital creativity
Dixon, S. (2007) ‘The digital double,’
in Dixon, S. Digital performance: a
history of new media in theatre,
dance, performance art, and
installation. Cambridge, Mass,: MIT
Press, pp. 241-270.
[Available Online – see BREO
Guided Learning]
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6. Lecture Schedule
Teaching week/
Calendar week/
Date
Theme, content, title Lecture preparation
Teaching week 16
Calendar week 7
Week beginning Monday 9th
February
Workshop 8: Powerpoint as a
Performance Tool
Exploring powerpoint as a
performance tool
Workshop 9: Powerpoint
Investigation
Continued exploration of powerpoint
Workshop 10: Powerpoint 3
Continued exploration of powerpoint
Lecture 4: Digital Performance
Analysis
Analysing digital performance
Crossley, M. (2012) ‘From LeCompte
to Lepage: student performer
engagement with intermedial
practice,’ International Journal of
Performance Arts and Digital Media,
8 (2), pp. 171-188.
[Available Online – see BREO
Guided Learning]
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7. Lecture Schedule
Teaching week/
Calendar week/
Date
Theme, content, title Lecture preparation
Teaching week 17
Calendar week 8
Week beginning Monday 16th
February
Workshop 11: Isadora Introduction
Isadora software introduction, the
basics
Workshop 12: Isadora
Investigation
Isadora software investigation
Workshop 13: Term 3 Set-up
Preparation for Term 3 rehearsal
planning
Lecture 5: Term 3 Set-up
Preparation for Term 3 rehearsal
planning and guidance on the Blog
Coniglio, M. (2004) ‘The importance
of being interactive,’ in Carver, G.
and Beardon, C. New visions in
performance: the impact of digital
technologies. Lisse: Swets &
Zeitlinger, pp. 5-12.
[Available Online – see BREO
Guided Learning]
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8. Assessment 2 – Hybrid Performance
• When
• Monday 18th
May 2015, 7pm Main Theatre, feedback sheet
through turnitin must be submitted.
• What
• The second assessment in this unit will build on the skills
and understanding developed and tested in the first. In this
assessment you are required to work as part of a larger
group, on a tutor-led production. You will contribute as an
individual, both creatively to the development of the final
production and in your performance of the work. This
assessment enables you to extend your experience of working
as part of a group towards a creative outcome, but on a larger
scale. You will also use the skills developed in the first
assessment regarding relationships to technology,
choreography and performance in this bigger production.University of Bedfordshire 8

9. Assessment 2 – Hybrid Performance
• Weighting of the assessment
• This assessment forms 40% of the unit.
• Criteria for this assessment
• The Assessment Criteria for this assessment is below and can be
associated with Learning Outcomes 1 and 3.
• Work with the technology and resources provided, to enable
your artistic vision to be realised
• Embed specific technology effectively into dance projects
• Demonstrate, through practice, an understanding of a range of
performance modes involved within new media work
• Evidence an individual contribution to the choreographic
choices made in the development of both live and virtual
imagery
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10. Assessment 3 – Digital Journal
• When
• Friday 29th
May 2015, online blog on BREO must be submitted.
• What
• This assessment requires you to individually produce a
written reflective digital journal of 1,000 words including
quotations. The final assessment allows you to articulate your
understanding and experience of the two projects that you have
contributed to during the year. This assessment will test your
written communication skills and your ability to reflect on your
own practice and progression.
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11. Assessment 3 – Digital Journal
• Weighting of the assessment
• This assessment forms 30% of the unit.
• Criteria for this assessment
• The Assessment Criteria for this assessment is below and can be
associated with Learning Outcomes 4 and 5.
• Demonstrate an understanding of a range of secondary and
primary research resources
• Use correct terminology to articulate your ideas in this field of
work
• Use the university referencing system correctly and adhere to
academic conventions
• Evidence the use of documentation and critical reflection upon a
creative contribution to a hybrid production
• Write reflectively about your individual contribution to group
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12. Next Lecture
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Reading for this week: Moon, J. (2004) ‘Resource 2’, ‘Resource 3’ and
‘Resource 5’ in Moon, J. A handbook of reflective and experiential learning:
theory and practice. London: Routledge Falmer, pp. 186-189, pp. 190-191 and
pp. 196-203. [Available Online – see BREO Guided Learning]
Reading for next week: Rubidge, S. (2002) ‘Digital technology in
choreography: issues and implications,’ paper presented at the Dance and
Technology International Academic Symposium, Seoul, South Korea, 6
November 2002. [Available Online – see BREO Guided Learning]
Task: Begin your reflective blog!
Blog question: Reflect on your individual contribution to a group project
already within this unit, and how this might inform the way in which you
approach this new project.