Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop an understanding of different dance styles
- Practise simple movements
- Under the guidance of a teacher or mentor, perform warm-up exercises
- Practise basic steps associated with selected dance styles
- Incorporate musicality, timing and rhythm into exercises
- Work within own limits
- Respond positively to constructive feedback and advice from others
- Perform cool-down exercises after dance activity
- Perform short dance sequences
- In consultation with a teacher agree on sequences that include a range of movements within own technical ability
- Match personal presentation to selected dance styles
- Communicate the mood or style of dance sequence to spectators
- Apply a sense of timing and rhythm to performances
- Follow advice from others about ways to improve own dance technique