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Critical engagement (Component 2)

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you analyse and interpret a dance work to explain how meaning is made?

Analysing and interpreting dance: describing the constituent features (movement, dancers, physical setting, aural setting) and interpreting how they combine to create meaning and communicate the choreographic intention.
How AQA A-Level Dance Component 2 expects you to analyse the constituent features of a dance (movement, dancers, physical setting, aural setting) and interpret how they combine to make meaning and communicate the choreographic intention.
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How do you critically appreciate and reflect on your own performance and choreography?

Critical appreciation of own work: reflecting on and evaluating your own performance and choreography, identifying strengths and areas for improvement and justifying choices against the choreographic intention.
How AQA A-Level Dance expects you to critically appreciate your own performance and choreography: reflecting on choices, evaluating strengths and weaknesses, and justifying decisions against the choreographic intention and your skills development.
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How do you evaluate professional dance works in their context?

Evaluating professional works: making and justifying critical judgements about professional choreography and performance, set in their cultural, historical and choreographic context, supported by specific evidence.
How AQA A-Level Dance Component 2 expects you to evaluate professional works: making justified critical judgements about choreography and performance, placing works in their cultural and historical context, and supporting judgements with specific evidence.
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