GCSE Dance Course Content - What You Will Learn/Develop Component 1 - Performance & Choreography (60%) Knowledge, understanding and skills for performance (30%) action content (eg travel, turn, elevation, gesture, • stillness, use of different body parts, floor work, transfer of weight) Physical skills and attributes, including: dynamic content (eg fast/slow, sudden/ sustained, posture • • acceleration/deceleration, strong/ light, alignment • direct/indirect, flowing/abrupt) balance • spatial content (eg pathways, levels, directions, size coordination • • of movement, patterns, spatial design) control • relationship content - for duet/trio performance flexibility • • only (eg lead and follow, mirroring, action and mobility • reaction, accumulation, complement and contrast, strength • counterpoint, contact, formations) stamina • timing content extension • • rhythmic content isolation • • movement in a stylistically accurate way. • Technical skills, including:
GCSE Dance Course Content - What You Will Learn/Develop Component 1 - Performance & Choreography (60%) Knowledge, understanding and skills for performance (30%) Physical skills and attributes, including: • posture • alignment • balance • coordination • control • flexibility • mobility • strength • stamina • extension • isolation Technical skills, including: • action content (eg travel, turn, elevation, gesture, stillness, use of different body parts, floor work, transfer of weight) • dynamic content (eg fast/slow, sudden/ sustained, acceleration/deceleration, strong/ light, direct/indirect, flowing/abrupt) • spatial content (eg pathways, levels, directions, size of movement, patterns, spatial design) • relationship content - for duet/trio performance only (eg lead and follow, mirroring, action and reaction, accumulation, complement and contrast, counterpoint, contact, formations) • timing content • rhythmic content • movement in a stylistically accurate way.
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