GCSE DANCE – SECTION A REVISION Today’s lesson: Revise the following; Good Studio Practice Technical Nature of Dance Skills Expressive Nature of Dance Skills Factors Influencing High Quality Dance Performance The Craft of Choreography Characteristics of the Set Study

TASK 1: Complete the grids with the correct answers

GOOD STUDIO PRACTICE Diet and Nutrition Warming up and cooling down Safe practice Health and safety Avoidance and care of injury TASK 2 – In groups create a revision aid for one of these topics (10 mins)

GOOD STUDIO PRACTICE EXAM STYLE QUESTIONS: How can a warm-up at the start of a dance class be effective? Explain your answer. (6 marks) 2. As a student of dance what do you need to do in order to improve your dance performance? (6 marks) 3. State three ways of avoiding injury when preparing to dance. (3 marks) 4. A dancer has landed badly from an elevation and sustained an injury to an ankle. Give three examples of what he/she should do to an aid a speedy recovery. (3 marks)

TECHNICAL NATURE OF DANCE SKILLS ACTION SPACE DYNAMICS RELATIONSHIPS BASIC PRINCIPLES TASK 3 – List the ways in which a motif can be developed under the titles action, space, dynamics, relationships

BASIC PRINCIPLES Posture Alignment Coordination Balance Strength Flexibility Control and Mobility

EXPRESSIVE NATURE OF DANCE SKILLS Focus Projection Style Musicality Communication of choreographic intent

FACTORS INFLUENCING HIGH QUALITY DANCE PERFORMANCE TASK 4 - How can you achieve high quality dance performance? List as many ways that you can think of. Planning of appropriate rehearsal schedule Commitment by all to rehearsal Identification of technical and expressive skills Rehearsal of the above Identification of strengths and weaknesses Use of video Systematic repetition Presentation to an audience

Choreography – Exam style Questions Why is it important to consider the use of climax in a dance? (4 marks) You are given the task of creating a travelling phrase across the room. How can you build a climax into the phrase? (1 mark) You have been asked to choreograph a dance and research a variety of starting points/stimuli. You are given a piece of music as one starting point/stimuli. Suggest three different starting points/stimuli for a dance composition other than music. (3 marks)

Set Study What do you consider the key characteristics of your set study to be?