Mental skills and attributes (during performance), including: movement memory • commitment • concentration • confidence. • Safe working practices (during performance), including: safe execution • appropriate dancewear, including: • footwear • hairstyle • absence of jewellery. • Expressive skills, including: projection • Mental skills and attributes (process), including: focus • systematic repetition • spatial awareness • mental rehearsal • facial expression • rehearsal discipline • phrasing. • planning of rehearsal • For duet/trio performance only: response to feedback • musicality • capacity to improve. • sensitivity to other dancers • communication of choreographic intent, including • Safe working practices (process), including: mood(s), meaning(s), idea(s), theme(s) and/or warming up • style/style fusion(s). cooling down • nutrition • hydration. • Knowledge, understanding and skills for choreography (30%) levels • directions • size of movement Action content, including: • patterns travel • • spatial design. turn • • elevation • Relationship content, including: gesture • stillness lead and follow • • mirroring use of different body parts • • action and reaction floor work • • transfer of weight. accumulation • • complement and contrast • counterpoint Dynamic content, including: • contact fast/slow • • formations. sudden/sustained • • acceleration/deceleration • Choreographic processes, including: strong/light • researching direct/indirect • • flowing/abrupt. improvising • • generating • selecting Spatial content, including: • developing pathways • •
Expressive skills, including: • projection • focus • spatial awareness • facial expression • phrasing. For duet/trio performance only: • musicality • sensitivity to other dancers • communication of choreographic intent, including mood(s), meaning(s), idea(s), theme(s) and/or style/style fusion(s). Mental skills and attributes (during performance), including: • movement memory • commitment • concentration • confidence. Safe working practices (during performance), including: • safe execution • appropriate dancewear, including: • footwear • hairstyle • absence of jewellery. Mental skills and attributes (process), including: • systematic repetition • mental rehearsal • rehearsal discipline • planning of rehearsal • response to feedback • capacity to improve. Safe working practices (process), including: • warming up • cooling down • nutrition • hydration. Knowledge, understanding and skills for choreography (30%) Action content, including: • travel • turn • elevation • gesture • stillness • use of different body parts • floor work • transfer of weight. Dynamic content, including: • fast/slow • sudden/sustained • acceleration/deceleration • strong/light • direct/indirect • flowing/abrupt. Spatial content, including: • pathways • levels • directions • size of movement • patterns • spatial design. Relationship content, including: • lead and follow • mirroring • action and reaction • accumulation • complement and contrast • counterpoint • contact • formations. Choreographic processes, including: • researching • improvising • generating • selecting • developing
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