Group Choreography Final Student Choreography Excellent Good Fair Needs Improvement Poor 15% of Group Assignment Movement Knowledge Dancers know the Dancers know the Dancers somewhat knew Dancers are somewhat Dancers are unprepared Concentrate on movement extremely well. movement relatively movement. Transitions unprepared and unsure of and unsure of the transitions, and Confident and don't need well. Transitions are are awkward. Few the choreography. choreography. Made lots sequencing to follow anyone else. The good, but not seamless. students comment about Transitions are choppy. of mistakes. transitions are choreography is clean and their performance while Students comment about very weak. Students well rehearsed. dancing. their performance while comment about their Transitions are natural and dancing performance while seamless. dancing. Elements - time energy Strong and consistent There are some There are some variations There are very little There are no variations evidence that the dancers variations regarding regarding time and variations regarding time regarding time and energy Students are able to use time and energy. not only understand how time and energy through energy through the piece, and energy through the through the piece. to use time and energy, the piece. but teacher is unsure piece. but are able to use the students are actually elements to add interest doing them on purpose. and variety to their dance. There are variations of time and energy changes through the piece. Elements - Space Students made use of the Students somehow Students didn't use of the Students didn't use of the N/A entire space in creative made use of the entire entire space and mostly entire space. Students Students are encouraged to use the entire as ways. Students clearly Students clearly remained in one place. didn't have more than one well as fronts. understand how to use understand how to use Students didn't have more front during the dance or space. Students had more space. Students than one front during the faced the front 80 % of the than one front during the somehow had more than dance or faced the front time. dance. one front during the 80 % of the time. dance. Use of the material Strong evidence Good evidence Some evidence. A few evidences No evidence. Students learned in class created their own dance The material should be without regards to the class clear, but students are material. encouraged to adapt and create original combinations using such as using the principles
Group Choreography Final Student Choreography 15% of Group Assignment Excellent Good Fair Needs Improvement Poor Movement Knowledge Concentrate on transitions, and sequencing Dancers know the movement extremely well. Confident and don't need to follow anyone else. The choreography is clean and well rehearsed. Transitions are natural and seamless. Dancers know the movement relatively well. Transitions are good, but not seamless. Dancers somewhat knew movement. Transitions are awkward. Few students comment about their performance while dancing. Dancers are somewhat unprepared and unsure of the choreography. Transitions are choppy. Students comment about their performance while dancing Dancers are unprepared and unsure of the choreography. Made lots of mistakes. transitions are very weak. Students comment about their performance while dancing. Elements - time energy Students are able to use time and energy. Strong and consistent evidence that the dancers not only understand how to use time and energy, but are able to use the elements to add interest and variety to their dance. There are variations of time and energy changes through the piece. There are some variations regarding time and energy through the piece. There are some variations regarding time and energy through the piece, but teacher is unsure students are actually doing them on purpose. There are very little variations regarding time and energy through the piece. There are no variations regarding time and energy through the piece. Elements - Space Students are encouraged to use the entire as well as fronts. Students made use of the entire space in creative ways. Students clearly understand how to use space. Students had more than one front during the dance. Students somehow made use of the entire Students clearly understand how to use space. Students somehow had more than one front during the dance. Students didn't use of the entire space and mostly remained in one place. Students didn't have more than one front during the dance or faced the front 80 % of the time. Students didn't use of the entire space. Students didn't have more than one front during the dance or faced the front 80 % of the time. N/A Use of the material learned in class The material should be clear, but students are encouraged to adapt and create original combinations using such as using the principles Strong evidence Good evidence Some evidence. A few evidences No evidence. Students created their own dance without regards to the class material.