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Performing Arts Skills

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What performance and production disciplines can you offer in CCEA Performing Arts, and what skills does each one demand?

Disciplines and skills: the performance pathways (acting, dance, music, musical theatre) and production pathways (technical and management roles), and the craft skills each demands across CCEA Performing Arts.
An overview of the disciplines you can offer in CCEA Performing Arts. Covers the performance pathways of acting, dance, music and musical theatre, the production and technical pathways, and the specific craft skills, vocabulary and discipline each one demands.
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How do you write evaluation and reflection that reaches the top band in CCEA Performing Arts?

Evaluation and reflection: judging process and outcome critically with evidence, comparing intention to result, and reaching forward-looking conclusions across CCEA Performing Arts units.
How to write the evaluation and reflection that CCEA Performing Arts rewards under AO4. Covers judging process and outcome critically, using specific evidence such as footage and feedback, comparing intention to result, and reaching forward-looking conclusions that lift the band.
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What are the four assessment objectives in CCEA Performing Arts, and how is every unit marked against them?

The assessment objectives: understanding AO1 to AO4, what each rewards, and how to evidence them across the AS and A2 units of CCEA Performing Arts.
How the four assessment objectives drive every CCEA Performing Arts unit. Covers what AO1 to AO4 reward, how they are weighted and split between AS and A2, and how to evidence each one in your portfolios, performances and supporting documents.
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How do you build the portfolio and supporting document that evidences your work in CCEA Performing Arts?

The portfolio and supporting evidence: building the record of work, supporting document, skills audit, research log and risk assessment that the moderator marks across CCEA Performing Arts units.
How to build the portfolio and supporting document at the heart of CCEA Performing Arts. Covers the skills audit, research log, rehearsal record, risk assessment and supporting document, what each evidences, and how to keep a moderator-ready record across every unit.
13 min answer →