Year 9 Curriculum - Dance

Course Content

The Year 9 Dance course will be an action-packed foundation year in preparation for the full GCSE course in Years 10 and 11. It will continue to build on the skills students have developed in Years 7 and 8. Students will do this through the continued study of dance technique, professional dance works and a variety of creative and original choreographic tasks.

Skills

• Dance technique.
• Appreciation of professional works and student choreography.
• Development of peer assessment.
• Acquisition of dance vocabulary.
• To further develop choreographic knowledge and understanding through motif development and variation skills in appreciation and practical tasks.
• Development of performance skills.

Assessment

Students will be assessed on their contribution to:

• Solo composition.
• Group choreography.
• Performance in a group.
• Appreciation and evaluation of performance and choreography, both orally and through writing.

Enquiries to:

Mrs E Fenner – Subject Teacher: Dance & Drama

Email: e.fenner@brookfield.hants.sch.uk

or

Mr D Moors – Subject Teacher: Dance

Email: d.moors@brookfield.hants.sch.uk