PHED 1130

2024-2025 Sem1

Venue

University Sports Centre Table Tennis Room

Course Description

This course is offered as one of the courses under the Required Physical Education Programme. It aims at developing students’ basic technique of modern dance and dance choreography. With different dance technique training exercises and dance routines, students can improve their flexibility, coordination, musicality, energy transferal, spatial awareness and body expression. Dance choreography focus on the process in creating and self-discovery. It encourages students to share and express their feelings and thoughts with body movement. Dance performance is required at the end of the course and students can learn the basic stage knowledge and performing skills.

Course Syllabus

1. Body posture: Standing position Body alignment

2. Dance technique introduction

3. Swing and weight transfer exercise

4. Modern dance video (Modern dance intro., Dance structure, Dance theatre, Duo, Improvisation)

5. Floor work exercise

6. Dance routine

7. Fall and recovery exercise

8. Improvisation

9. Group choreography

10. Contact improvisation

Assessment

Physical Skill Tests 60% (Login to access the course note, exam standard and video demonstration)

Written Examination 20%

Attendence and Participation 20%

Learning Resources

1. 李立亨（2000），我的看舞隨身書，遠見天下文化出版股份有限公司

2. 菲利普・努亞澤特（2012），當代舞蹈的心跳，原點出版

3. 盧偉力（2015），尋找香港舞蹈，國際演藝評論家協會（香港分會）有限公司

4. Janet Lynn Roseman (2001), Dance masters: interviews with legends of dance, Routledge

Website:

1. Modern Dance History http://www.contemporary-dance.org/modern-dance-history.html

2. Nederlands Dans Theater https://www.ndt.nl/home.html

3. DV8 Physical Theatre https://www.dv8.co.uk

4. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater https://www.alvinailey.org

5. 現代舞歷史 http://terms.naer.edu.tw/detail/1292736/

5. 雲門舞集http://www.cloudgate.org.tw

5. 城市當代舞蹈團http://www.ccdc.com.hk/en

6. 香港舞蹈聯盟http://www.hkdanceall.org

7. 舞蹈手札 http://www.dancejournalhk.com