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Dance Appreciation: Theory Paper
This exam lasts 1 hour and 30 mins.
Through this, you will have to critically appreciate your own work, as well as the six professional works in the GCSE Dance Anthology.
You need to know...
Appreciation of own work:
- Performance terminology (see performance home page) and definitions in relation to your duet/trio
- How the audience understood the choreographic intent (mood, meaning, idea, theme, style)
- Choreographic terminology (see choreography home page) and definitions in relation to the choreography you have created
- How the audience understood your choreographic intent (mood, meaning, idea, theme, style)
Appreciation of set works:
Artificial Things by Lucy Bennett
A Linha Curva by Itzik Galili
Infra by Wayne McGregor
Shadows by Christopher Bruce
Within Her Eyes by James Cousins
Emancipation of Expressionism by Kenrick H20 Sandy
You MUST know these works and be able to describe, analyse, interpret, evaluate and reflect on them
For this.. you must know...
Features of production:
Performance Environments:
Choreographic Approaches:
You can find these in your Fact Files of each professional work
Choreographic Content:
and lastly... Choreographic Intent:
- the mood of the piece
- the idea
- the style of dance/fusion of styles
- the theme
- the meaning
To appreciate in depth you must be able to:
- Find similarities and differences between characteristics in these works
- Explain how the choreography, performance and production enhance the audiences understanding of the work
- Discuss the relationship between choreography, performance and production and how this demonstrates the choreographic intention
- The purpose of using different performance environments
Test yourself!
Can you label each picture with the correct performance space? (one is done for you)
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