AQA A-Level Dance choreography overview quiz quiz

The fixed set of steps a dancer must memorise and reproduce exactly each time

The aim or message of the dance that every choice should serve

The piece of music chosen as the accompaniment for the whole dance

The chosen configuration of the performance space and audience seating

Memorising a professional set work from the prescribed list

Marking the finished work against a fixed points scheme

Improvising to generate movement material

Choosing which examiner will assess the final piece

Lighting, set, costume and sound

Strength, flexibility, stamina and control

Binary, ternary, rondo and narrative

Action, space, dynamics and relationships

Canon

Binary

Rondo

Narrative

Binary

Ternary

Rondo

Episodic

Inversion

Fragmentation

Retrograde

Embellishment

The visual staging of lighting, set design and costume

Physical attributes such as strength, stamina and flexibility

The structural devices of unison, canon and contrast

Music, sound, song, spoken word and silence

In the round

Canon, where dancers begin the same phrase at staggered times

Retrograde, where a motif is performed backwards

Climax, the high point of the dance structure

It must be completed from start to finish within a single rehearsal session

Choreographers loop back to improvise, reselect and re-edit

It only ever uses one single motif from beginning to end of the piece

It cannot make use of any recognised structure or form at all

The sheer number of dancers used in the performance of the finished piece on the night

The total length of the chosen music and how long the dance lasts

How clearly the movement and features communicate the choreographic intention

The brightness and colour of the stage lighting throughout the work

Speed and slowness

Strength and flexibility

Lighting and costume

Variety and unity

The high point of the dance, often the most intense moment

The opening section that first introduces the main motif to the audience

The musical accompaniment that is chosen to underscore the piece

The cool-down stretches performed at the very end of the rehearsal