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Evaluating and appreciating dance

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How does a Higher dancer appreciate and evaluate professional dance, including the choreography, the aspects of production and the qualities of a dance style?

Appreciating and evaluating professional dance in Higher Dance: analysing and evaluating professional choreography (intention, motif, devices, structure, use of space), the aspects of production or theatre arts (lighting, set and staging, props, costume, make-up, music and aural setting) and their impact, and knowledge of a chosen dance style and a practitioner.
An SQA Higher Dance answer on appreciating and evaluating professional dance: analysing professional choreography, judging the aspects of production (lighting, set, props, costume, make-up, music and aural setting) and their impact, and knowledge of a chosen dance style and practitioner.
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How does a Higher dancer analyse and evaluate their own technique, performance and choreography, and how is this written up to score in the question paper?

Analysing and evaluating your own work in Higher Dance: judging your application of technical and performance skills in performance and your choreographic choices, identifying strengths and areas for development, and explaining how you would develop them, written as evaluation (a judgement plus a reason and effect) rather than description.
An SQA Higher Dance answer on analysing and evaluating your own work: judging your technical and performance skills and your choreographic choices, identifying strengths and areas for development, and writing it as evaluation (judgement plus reason and effect) rather than description.
12 min answer →