SGRU2300

Course Overview

• Credits: 5 ECTS credits
• Level (Cycle): Bachelor’s level (First Cycle)
• Teaching Period and Duration: Teaching begins in the autumn semester and extends over two semesters
• Admission Requirement: Admission to the Bachelor’s Programme in Music Performance
• Prerequisites: Successful completion of the entrance examination for the Bachelor’s Programme in Music Performance
• Location of Instruction: Oslo
• Assessment: Portfolio assessment

Learning Outcomes

Students who have successfully completed the course:

• have physical strength and flexibility, and are able to use the body creatively in an artistic process.
• have developed a nuanced physical expressiveness.
• have knowledge of dance from different historical periods.
• have experience in analysing and communicating lyrical and dramatic texts.
• are able to create dynamic text delivery through the use of rhythm, tempo, volume, vocal register, timing and related expressive means.

Teaching and Learning Methods

The course covers work in the following areas:

• Further development of students’ physical strength and flexibility.
• Developing the ability to use the body as a means of stage expression.
• Movement, dance and movement improvisation.
• Fundamental text work with a focus on dramatic and poetic texts.