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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Undertake practice sessions to prepare for rehearsals
   • Clarify intent of performance for intended audience
   • Discuss aspects of own role with relevant personnel
   • In practice sessions, execute exercises and sequences that demonstrate mastery of technique in the required cultural dance style
   • Execute exercises and complex dance sequences with high levels of concentration and agility
   • Apply critical analysis skills to review own progress towards achieving performance standard in required cultural dance style
   • Respond to constructive feedback and advice from relevant personnel
2. Rehearse cultural dance sequences
   • Communicate in a way that contributes to a constructive rehearsal atmosphere
   • Respond promptly to direction
   • Practise and rehearse sequences until performance standard is reached
   • Refine own performance in group dances and solo sequences as required
   • Improve own performance by incorporating relevant advice and feedback
   • Engage fully in the artistic process to optimise the overall performance effect
3. Perform cultural dance sequences
   • Observe safe dance practice by performing warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with performance activities
   • Apply a range of strategies to overcome performance anxiety
   • Adapt performances to the scale and nature of the venue, audience requirements and health and safety considerations
   • Maintain concentration and stamina for the duration of performances
   • Implement principles and characteristics of various performance techniques to convey choreographic intent
   • Respond promptly and creatively to contingencies where required to maintain the integrity of performances
4. Evaluate cultural dance performances
   • Analyse performances against previous work and creative goals to assess own technical and artistic development
   • Identify and observe weaknesses and errors in performances and develop strategies to improve performance
   • Analyse and evaluate feedback and develop strategies for possible adjustments to future work
5. Develop professional practice
   • Refine professional work ethic
   • In consultation with teachers and mentors, develop realistic parameters for extending scope of performance practice
   • Identify regimes and artistic strategies to refine own performance technique
   • Incorporate dance and stage terminology, cultural values and stylistic considerations into discussions, and practice and performance activities

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

rehearse cultural dance sequences to achieve required performance standard

integrate knowledge, technique and creativity in the performance of cultural dance sequences on at least two occasions

seek and use constructive feedback to improve own cultural dance performance skills

use terminology associated with chosen cultural dance style correctly.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

explain how the following principles relate to dance movements and techniques:

extending

folding

relationship with gravity

rotating

shifting weight

spatial awareness

successional movement

use of breath

explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention:

articulation of the spine

engagement of the feet

bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso

range of motion of the joints

differentiation of the legs and pelvis

explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to chosen dance technique

explain terminology associated with the layout of stages

describe the cultural context of and key periods in the history of chosen dance style

describe health and safety issues associated with live performances.

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