Dance

Assessment

COMPONENT ONE PERFORMANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHY (50% OF A LEVEL) SOLO PERFORMANCE IN THE STYLE OF A PRACTITIONER (2-3 MINUTES) The focus of this piece is to accurately reflect the choreographic style of a practitioner in terms of technical and physical skills, spatial elements, dynamics and interpretative performance skills such as musicality and projection. PERFORMANCE WITHIN A JAZZ OR CONTEMPORARY QUARTET OF 3-4 MINUTES The focus of this piece is based on your physical and technical skills, spatial awareness, and interpretative performance about the chosen genre of dance. GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY (3-4 MINUTES) Create an original piece of choreography for 3-5 dancers in response to an externally set task. The question will take the form of a question (poem, picture, sculpture, historical figure, etc.) which will need to be researched, developed and communicated in your choreography. COMPONENT TWO CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT (50% OF A LEVEL) This is the theory part of the course, and includes both the detailed analysis of two dance works and an understanding of other choreographers and repertoire that are influential within their corresponding areas of study: SECTION A The Set Work ‘Rooster’ (1991) by Christopher Bruce, and the contextual setting of the Rambert Dance Company (1966 – 2002). SECTION B The set work ‘Sutra’ (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, 2008) within the context of the Contemporary Dance Scene 2000+.