AQA A-Level Dance appreciation overview quiz quiz

Component 1, the assessed practical performance coursework

Component 2, the written Critical engagement exam

A separate practical laboratory examination

An oral interview with the examiner only

Strength, stamina, flexibility, control and coordination

Binary, ternary, rondo and narrative form

Movement, dancers, physical setting, aural setting

Warm-up, performance, cool-down and recovery

Analysis explains meaning; interpretation describes features

They mean the same thing

Analysis is only ever used for your own work, while interpretation applies solely to professional works

Analysis describes the constituent features; interpretation explains how they create meaning

A justified critical judgement of effectiveness, supported by evidence and context

Nothing at all, since evaluation is simply another word for the analysis of the work

A longer and more detailed description of the costume

A complete list of every dancer's name

The use of canon

Historical context

Muscular stamina

Ternary musical form

Only praise for the parts of the performance that happened to go well on the day

A blow-by-blow recount of every single rehearsal

Specific strengths and weaknesses, justified against the choreographic intention

The grade and marks you expect to receive

They simply make the answer longer on the page

They completely replace the need for any interpretation

They are not needed at all provided you already know the correct terminology

They evidence claims about meaning and effectiveness, which markers reward

The aim or message the choreographer wants to communicate

The cultural and historical circumstances in which the work was originally made

The total number of dancers used in the piece

The lighting design of the staging

It makes the answer much harder to read and follow for the examiner who marks it

It shows accurate understanding and makes analysis exact, which markers reward

It removes the need for any specific examples

It only matters when writing about your own work

Only the single calendar year in which the work was first premiered on the public stage

The individual dancer's personal fitness level

How, when, why and for whom the work was made, including company and collaborators

The marking scheme alone

Too much interpretation of meaning and not nearly enough plain description

Using far too many specific examples

Placing works in their wider context

Describing features without interpreting or evaluating them