AQA A-Level Dance performance overview quiz quiz

Alignment

Projection

Facial expression

Musicality

Extension, lengthening a limb fully away from the body

Musicality

Stamina, the ability to sustain effort over time

Isolation, moving one body part independently

To stretch the muscles out to their absolute maximum range straight away

To cool the body down gradually after a demanding performance

To increase blood flow and oxygen to the muscles

To rehearse and memorise the choreography before going on stage

Two

Three

Five

Four

Unison is the same movement at the same time; canon is the same movement started at different times

Unison is staggered entries one after another, while canon is everyone moving at exactly the same time

Unison can only ever use two dancers, whereas canon always requires a group of four dancers

There is no real difference between unison and canon; the two terms mean the same thing

Facial expression

Core stability

Costume

Canon

It is not part of conditioning at all; recovery is completely unrelated to how the body trains

It entirely replaces the need for any training, so a dancer can simply rest instead of working

Nutrition, rest and active recovery let the body repair and adapt, preventing overuse injury

It only matters on the actual performance day and not during the weeks of training before it

Skipping the warm-up to save time

Static over-stretching before the body is warm

Increasing difficulty as fast as possible

Using correct alignment to avoid joint strain

Because expressive skills such as projection and musicality are also assessed and may be missing

Because technical accuracy of reproduction is never actually assessed by the AQA examiners in performance

Because only the group quartet is marked and the solo performance is left out entirely

Because marks for conditioning and fitness completely replace the marks for the performance

Maximum personal extension regardless of the group

Sensitivity to the other dancers

Ignoring the music to focus on steps

Static stretching during the performance

Only the costume that the dancer happens to be wearing on stage

Only the stage lighting used during the performance of the piece

Correct action content, timing, spatial and rhythmic content

The total number of rehearsals the dancer has attended beforehand

Personal flexibility and the range of movement in the dancer's own joints

Individual stamina to sustain the dancer's own effort right to the end

Correct personal alignment of the dancer's own joints and posture

Maintaining spatial relationships and formations with other dancers