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Year 11 Dance

GCSE Dance

SUMMARY OF SUBJECT CONTENT:

Students will develop their skills, knowledge and understanding of Dance through the study of 3 main strands; Performance, Choreography and Dance Appreciation.  Each unit of work will cover all of these aspects, allowing students to gradually build upon and consolidate their knowledge and improve their technique and choreographic skills.

Specification at a glance

Exam Board: AQA

Specification Code: 8236

Units

Weighting

Time

When

Notes

Performance

Non Exam Assessment (NEA)

30%

40 marks

a)   1 minute

b)   3-5 minutes

Internally marked and externally moderated

Spring term of Yr 11

a)   Solo performance

b)   Duo-group performance

Choreography

NEA

30%

40 marks

a)   2-2 ½ minutes

OR

b)   3-3 ½ minutes

Internally marked and externally moderated

Spring Term of Yr 11

a)   Solo OR

b)   group

Appreciation

(written paper)

 

40%

80 marks

1hr 30 mins

Summer of Yr 11

Based on students’ own practice in performance and choreography and the GCSE Dance anthology

What did my child study in Year 10?

 The skills of performance, choreography and appreciation were taught throughout the year, as detailed below.

Key Ideas Covered

1st Term

2nd Term

3rd Term

Performance

  • Learn & perform Breathe - one of two set phrases
  • Perform a group dance based on one of the set works A Linha Curva
  • Physical skills
  • Technical skills
  • Mental skills
  • Expressive skills
  • Safe working practices

 

Choreography

  • Created a group dance
  • Intention
  • Motif creation and development
  • Action, space, dynamics, relationships
  • Formations
  • Accumulation
  • Unison/canon
  • Counterpoint
  • Manipulation of number
  • Motif creation and development
  • Structure – episodic, unity, transitions

 

 

Appreciation

  • Safe working practices
  • Performance skills – physical, technical, mental, expressive
  • Peer feedback of practical work
  • Critically analyse and evaluate their own performance of Breathe.
  • Appreciation of a A Linha Curva from the Anthology to include identification, description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of the choreography and production elements in relation to the choreographic intent

Performance

  • Performed group dance based on A Linha Curva
  • Performed a solo

Choreography

  • Created a solo in response to a given stimulus using past AQA choreography questions
  • Choreographic Processes of: Research, improvise, generate, select, develop, structure, refine, synthesise
  • ·Stimulus & Intent
  • Aural accompaniment
  • Binary/ternary

 

 

Appreciation

  • Appreciation of Emancipation of Expressionism from the Anthology to include identification, description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of the choreography and production elements in relation to the choreographic intent
  • Comparison of the similarities and differences between Emancipation of Expressionsim and A Linha Curva
  • Critically analyse and evaluate their own performance of solo

 

Performance

  • Exploration of Set Work Shadows
  • Learn & perform the second of the two set phrases - Shift

 

Choreography

  • Began creating a duet/trio based on Shadows
  • Relationships
  • Narrative
  • Intent

 

Appreciation

  • Appreciation of Shadows from the Anthology to include identification, description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of the choreography and production elements in relation to the choreographic intent
  • Comparison of the similarities and differences between Shadows, A Linha Curva, Emancipation of Expressionism
  • Began appreciation of Within Her Eyes from the Anthology to include identification, description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of the choreography and production elements in relation to the choreographic intent

 

What will my child study during Year 11?

1st Term

2nd Term

3rd Term

Performance

  • Rehearse, refine and perform Breathe, Shift for Mock Exams
  • Physical skills
  • Technical skills
  • Mental skills
  • Expressive skills
  • Perform their own choreography

 

Choreography

  • Create and perform their own choreography in response to the AQA Stimuli
  • Choreographic Processes of: Research, improvise, generate, select, develop, structure, refine, synthesise
  • Stimulus & Intent
  • Aural accompaniment
  • Complete Programme Note in support of choreography with reference to action, space, dynamics, motifs, structure, aural accompaniment and link to intention

 

Appreciation

  • Peer feedback of practical work
  • Critically analyse and evaluate their own and others performance of choreography
  • Appreciation of Infra from the Anthology to include identification, description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of the choreography and production elements in relation to the choreographic intent
  • Comparison of the similarities and differences between Shadows, A Linha Curva, Emancipation of Expressionism, Artificial Things, Within Her Eyes and Infra
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Performance

  • Rehearse, refine and perform Breathe, Shift, Duet or Trio and Choreography for exam board
  • Physical skills
  • Technical skills
  • Mental skills
  • Expressive skills
  • Intent, action, space, dynamics, structure,
  •  

Appreciation

  • Revision of Anthology and completion of practice exam questions

Appreciation

  • Revision of and completion of practice AQA questions/paper in preparation for Theory exam.

How will my child be assessed and how will I know how well they are doing in Dance in Year 11?

The dance course during Year 10 and 11 will cover both practical and theory work. At the end of the autumn term of Year 11, students will sit a formal exam in the Sports Hall during which they will complete a full theory Mock Paper; this will be marked to exam board standards and a grade awarded. Students will also perform their completed choreography which will be marked to exam board standards and a grade awarded. These will be combined with the other performance marks to provide an overall grade. Students will then have until the middle of the spring term to improve upon their practical work before it is filmed for the exam board by a date they will determine. Theory work will also be revised before sitting the final paper in the Summer Exam series.

What homework will my child be expected to do in Year 11 in Dance?

Students will be set weekly homework that they will be expected to spend around 1-2 hours completing. The homework’s will be a variety of tasks that will primarily be:

Completion of classwork with further research/note-making/completion of theory questions

Completion of past GCSE theory questions

Revision for theory assessments

Rehearsal for practical assessments of both performance and choreography, with an emphasis on choreography in the autumn term.

Use of the VLE to watch the Dance Anthology, plus the Revision Guide and workbooks provided by school

How can I support my child to do well in Dance during Year 11?

Ensure they complete their homework properly

Support them by ensuring they have somewhere suitable to work, away from distractions but with online access to the textbook etc.

Support them to revise and prepare properly for both their Mock and Final Exams

Encourage them to attend rehearsals after school for both performance and choreography

My child is struggling during the course, what additional help is available to help them keep up?

After school revision sessions will be available.

Revision guides will be provided

Workbooks for each set work from the Anthology and for Sections A and B of the theory paper will be provided

Students should be encouraged to seek assistance from their teacher when they are struggling with any concept.

Students have access to the VLE where the Dance Anthology can be viewed and theory resources accessed.

Last Updated September 2023

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