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Dance appreciation

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

What must you know about your chosen dance style, from its steps and characteristics to its origins and an influential choreographer?

Knowledge and understanding of a chosen dance style, including its style-specific steps, key characteristics, where and when it originated, how it has changed over time, and an influential choreographer of the style.
An SQA National 5 Dance answer on the knowledge of a chosen dance style required by the question paper: style-specific steps, key characteristics, origins, how the style has changed over time, and an influential choreographer, with worked exam answers.
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How do you watch and evaluate a professional dance, and write about its choreography for the exam?

Evaluating professional choreography, including analysing the choreographic devices, structure, spatial elements, use of theatre arts and theme in a professional dance for two or more people, and judging how effectively they work.
An SQA National 5 Dance answer on evaluating professional choreography for the question paper: analysing the choreographic devices, structure, spatial elements, theatre arts and theme of a professional dance for two or more people, and judging how effectively they work.
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How do lighting, set, costume, make-up and music add to a dance, and what impact does each have?

The theatre arts used in dance and their impact, including lighting, set design, costume, make-up and hair, and music and sound, and how each one supports the theme and mood of a dance.
An SQA National 5 Dance answer on the theatre arts used in dance and their impact: lighting, set design, costume, make-up and hair, and music and sound, with how each supports the theme and mood of a dance, for the question paper.
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