Students must demonstrate their creative response to a choice of one stimulus, from a prescribed task list set by AQA.
The choreography must be a complete dance, including movement material and a selected aural setting, either as: a solo dance of a minimum of two minutes and a maximum of two and a half minutes..
Physical skills Aspects enabling effective performance such as posture, alignment, balance, coordination, control, flexibility, mobility, strength, stamina, extension and isolation.
Expressive skills Aspects that contribute to performance artistry and that engage the audience, such as focus and musicality..
GCSE Dance helps students to develop technical and expressive skills as well as knowledge and understanding of dance through performance, choreography and critical appreciation.
We offer first-rate teaching with consistently excellent results, equipping students to progress to further dance studies..
"This specification focuses on the aesthetic and artistic qualities of dance and the symbolic use of movement to express and communicate ideas and concepts through the interrelated processes of performance, choreography and appreciation..
Teach pupils a sequence from the work.
Develop pupils’ contact and choreographic skills to support both their understanding of the work and their own performance and choreographic work.
Inspire pupils with a unique opportunity to work with experienced professional dancers.
AQA GCSE Dance Choreography booklet which guides students through the choreographic process using the elements from the mark scheme.
This resource includes ,practical tasks and written tasks, which can be used as lesson plans, activities and homework.
This booklet includes ,key terminology, definitions, examples and even encouragement along the way.
In the booklet are feedback, target setting and rehearsal schedule templates as well as space for students to document their choreographic journey.
There is also a section on programme note writing with the whole journal supporting this process.
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