Demonstrate understanding of dance performance practices
This standard asks you to show you understand how dancers rehearse and perform—the actual practices and techniques that go into getting a dance ready for an audience. You'll need to research different rehearsal methods, try them out in dance exercises, and explain how they help communicate meaning in a performance. It's about the "how" and "why" of dance practice, not just doing the moves.
You can describe different rehearsal and performance practices, apply them in a dance exercise, and explain what they do (e.g., 'breath work helps control movement').
You can explain why certain practices are effective for different styles or dancers, select the right practices for a specific purpose, and evaluate whether they actually achieved what you wanted.
You can justify why you chose specific practices for your context, apply them across different genres, and analyse how they enhance both the communication of meaning and the overall performance quality.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.