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, Unit 11: Improvisation and Composition
Unit 10: Dance Performance • Gestures are intentional body movements that can be
small, large, literal, or abstract.
• The warm-up includes spinal rolls, side bends, • Everyday actions can be exaggerated to create expressive
lunges, arm swings, and floor rolling to gestures for dance.
prepare the body. • Selected gestures are combined into short movement
• Dance technique combines all learned sequences using repetition, stillness, and contrasting
exercises into a smooth group sequence with dynamics.
correct posture and alignment. •
Topic 1: Stylised gestures from different dance forms are bold and
• Performance requires focus, timing, memory, meaningful and can be added to sequences.
and teamwork, and is assessed on safety, Dance • Gestures are used to explore and express ideas, moods,
fitness, movement quality, and complexity.
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or thoughts in performance.
• Cooling down uses slow, flowing movements • Assessment focuses on clarity, expression, commitment,
and stretching to relax muscles and improve teamwork, and use of dynamics and stillness.
flexibility.
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Unit 12: Dance theory and literacy
• Technique exercises develop leg strength and improve arm control
and coordination.
• Elements of dance include space, force, and relationships, and each
affects movement safety and design.
• Composition includes locomotor movements like walking, running, or
skipping and non-locomotor movements like bending, stretching, or
twisting.
• Careers in dance require fitness, technical skill, experience, and
professionalism.
• Social or popular dances are studied for their origin, purpose, and
cultural importance.
• Key terminology includes literal, complexity, aesthetic, sustained, and
contort, which describe movement quality.
• Reflecting on dance involves evaluating teamwork, improvements,
expression, audience response, and performance challenges.
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