Scholarship Dance

Format of the Assessment 

The three aspects that are assessed for Scholarship Dance are:

• The choreography.
• The reflection on the choreography.
• The reflection on performance. All three aspects have equal weighting.

Outcome Description

The student will demonstrate knowledge of dance processes and presentations to create, analyse and critically reflect on their own choreography and performance.

Scholarship Performance Descriptor

The student will demonstrate aspects of high level:

• Analysis and critical thinking.
• Integration, synthesis, and application of highly developed knowledge, skills, and understanding to complex situations.
• Logical development, precision and clarity of ideas.

Candidates who were awarded Scholarship commonly:

• Demonstrated fluency in using the dance elements rather than literal gestures or technical design to communicate their ideas.
• Choreographed a dance with a sense of unity, with most aspects contributing to the main idea.
• Had a clear choreographic intention and clearly explained the reasons for choreographic choices; these choices were then genuinely seen in the dance work.
• Analysed their performance rather than merely describing the dance they performed.
• Made perceptive comments about their performance processes and the expression, movement qualities, and techniques they used to communicate the dance to an audience.
• Showed understanding of key choreographic and dance performance principles, although depth of knowledge may not have been consistent throughout.
• Created choreography that focused on a clear idea by introducing it, developing it, and then repeating and reinforcing that idea throughout the work, demonstrating the depth and abstraction expected for Scholarship-level choreography.