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Component 2: Choreography

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

How do music, costume, lighting and staging support a dance?

Aural setting (music, song, found sound, silence) and staging or physical setting (performance environment, set, props, costume, lighting) and how these production features support the choreographic intention.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Dance Component 2, covering aural setting (music, song, found sound and silence) and staging features (set, props, costume, lighting and performance environment) and how they support the choreographic intention.
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How does a choreographer develop and vary movement material?

Choreographic devices: motif and motif development, repetition, contrast, highlights, climax, manipulation of number, and action, space, dynamic and relationship content used to develop material.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Dance Component 2, covering choreographic devices including motif, motif development, repetition, contrast, highlights, climax and manipulation of number, and how action, space, dynamics and relationships are used to develop movement material.
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How does a choreographer organise sections of a dance into a clear structure?

Structuring a dance: form and structure including binary, ternary, rondo, narrative, episodic, beginning-middle-end, and the use of transitions, unity, logical sequence and a clear climax.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Dance Component 2, covering dance structures such as binary, ternary, rondo, narrative and episodic form, and how transitions, unity, logical sequence and a clear climax give a dance shape.
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How does a choreographer turn a stimulus into a finished dance?

The choreographic process: responding to a stimulus, forming a choreographic intention, generating and developing movement material through improvisation and selection, and refining the work in rehearsal.
A focused answer to AQA GCSE Dance Component 2, covering the choreographic process from responding to a stimulus and forming a choreographic intention to generating, selecting, developing and refining movement material into a finished dance.
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