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Dance
Stage 2
Subject outline
Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in June 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Accredited in June 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Stage 2 | Subject outline | Assessment design criteria
Assessment design criteria
The assessment design criteria are based on the learning requirements and are used by:
- teachers to clarify for students what they need to learn
- teachers and assessors to design opportunities for students to provide evidence of their learning at the highest possible level of achievement.
The assessment design criteria consist of specific features that:
- students should demonstrate in their learning
- teachers and assessors look for as evidence that students have met the learning requirements.
For this subject the assessment design criteria are:
- understanding dance
- creating dance
- responding to dance.
The specific features of these criteria are described below.
The set of assessments, as a whole, must give students opportunities to demonstrate each of the specific features by the completion of study of the subject.
Understanding Dance
The specific features are as follows:
| UD1 | Knowledge and understanding of dance practices, such as the use of the body, dance skills, dance elements, structural devices, production elements, and/or safe dance practices. |
| UD2 | Knowledge and understanding of appropriate language and terminology relevant to the dance context. |
Creating Dance
The specific features are as follows:
| CD1 | Application of skills using safe dance practices and techniques in presenting and/or creating dance works. |
| CD2 | Communication of choreographic intent to an audience through composition or performance. |
Responding to Dance
The specific features are as follows:
| RD1 | Critique and evaluation of a dance presentation, performance, or choreographic piece. |
| RD2 | Analysis and synthesis of research findings to choreograph a dance work. |