2. Please spend 10 minutes going through
your exam paper and read each
comment and feedback. If there is
something you don’t understand please
star the page so you can ask me later.
3. Grade Boundaries from 2012/13
Grade
Points you need to get in
order to reach this grade
A
41
B
37
C
33
D
30
E
27
U
Up to 26
4. Overall Feedback;
• Many of you did not answer the questions properly
• Many of you did not provide accurate answers
• Many of you either did not revise or did not remember
many of the topics covered in class
• Two of you have very bad handwriting and your
examiner will not spend ages trying to figure out what
you have said and therefore will not get marks (E, S)
• None of you planned your answers for the 20 mark
questions
• Most of you need to use terminology correctly
otherwise you will not get a mark even if the examiner
gets the gist of what you are trying to say
5. Overall Feedback;
• You need to use the P.E.A. system when
answering questions that are 6 – 20marks; Point,
Evidence, Analysis
• You need to arrive to your exam on time so you
are not rushed and disorientated
• You need to consider the key words in the
question so you know what you are expected to
do.
• Take a Theory Prep booklet – this will help you to
improve your written exam answers
6. Front of the Paper
Time allowed
1.5 hour
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining
Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is DANC1.
Answer all questions.
Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work that you do not want
to be marked.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 60.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate
Advice
You are advised to spend 30 minutes on Section A and 1 hour on Section B.
You will be expected to draw on your knowledge of choreography, performance and
appreciation in answering these questions.
You may use diagrams and/or floor plans where appropriate
7. Questions 01 and 02 are linked.
01 Describe two choreographic devices.
(2 marks)
• All of you identified two correct choreographic devices but
the questions asks you to describe it. Some of you did not
describe it at all and some of you described them vaguely
or incorrectly
• Therefore that is 2 easy marks that you did not get because
you picked two choreographic devices that you could not
accurately describe
8. 02 Explain how it is possible to use each
device to communicate a dance idea.
(4 marks)
• To answer this question correctly you firstly have to
understand what a ‘dance idea’ is
• Then you have to explain how the device you have chosen
does this
• There is no need for a little intro i.e. “A device can be used
to communicate a dance idea” Just go straight into your
explanation
• Your explanation has to be detailed
• You should explain how movement is developed and
manipulated/used
• You should give reasons that explain how the
choreographic device clarifies and enhances the dance
idea
9. 03 Explain how the following aspects of safe practice will help to
protect a dancer against injury.
Correct alignment ,Warm-up/cool-down
(6 marks)
• In the context of this exam ‘explain’’ means you should clarify
something by providing more detail and the relevant reasons
behind that detail
• Some of you did not give accurate information or the
information was irrelevant.
• This question is not asking for you to explain what happens in
the body during warm up/cool down or to explain correct
alignment. It is asking you to explain what happens in the body
during warm-up/cool-down that protects the dancer against
injury and how correct alignment helps to protect against injury.
• You could have talked about the changes that happen in the
body, the anatomical structure, the structure of a dance
class, weight placement and placement in relation to other
dancers during support work
10. 04 The following are examples of forms used to structure dance
works. Ternary (2 marks) Theme and Variation (2 marks)
Describe what is meant by each of these
• Once again you are being asked to describe what something is. If
your description was incorrect you would not have gain any marks.
If your description was too vague you would have only gain 1/2
marks
• Example of an answer; Ternary – an ABA structure where the B
section is a contrast to the A section. It is a pleasing structure as it
returns to the beginning, giving a sense of completeness
• Theme and variation – the theme is a recognisable phrase of
movement that recurs with variations that allow it to be
presented with different shading and mood. The phrase remains
consistent in time and movement. It can provide a recognisable
thread through the piece which gives coherence.
11. 05 Explain how structure is significant in two professional works
you have studied
(4 marks)
• This means you have to give an explanation of why structure
is important in two of the works you have studied
• Many of you gave vague or inaccurate answers or you talked
about things that were not relevant
• Marks would have been given for the knowledge of structures
used in particular works (Justitia uses a narrative structure)
and an explanation of how the structure is significant to each
work
12. 05 Explain how structure is significant in two professional works
you have studied
(4 marks)
• Your knowledge should have covered: different forms used
in the sectional structuring of material e.g. binary, ternary,
rondo, theme and variation, episodic, narrative chance etc;
different choreographic devices used to structure dance
material e.g. motif and motif development, repetition,
contrast, highlights, climax, transition, chance; number of
section in the work you are discussing
• Your explanation could have covered: supporting the
development of character, humour, emotion, theme;
complementing the use of aural/physical setting, reinforcing
the choreographic intention, being appropriate to the
genre/style, supporting the choreographer’s development of
their own ideas about the dance in the social, historical ,
cultural context. Please note, you would be credited for your
own personal views and interpretation of the work
13. 06 List the ways that choreographers use the aural setting to
help them to communicate the choreographic intention using
examples from your own experience, performances you have
seen and professional works
(20 marks)
• Please note, this question asks you to list all of the different
ways choreographers use aural setting to communication
intention.
• This requires you to have knowledge the different
relationships between dance and music AND which
choreographers use which relationships, including
performances you have seen or been apart of
• You would have received marks for identification and
understanding of the different music and dance
relationships; identification of the relationships different
choreographers use; how this helps them to communicate
their choreographic intention
14. 07 Explain how you have used the rehearsal process to
develop the skills needed for dance performance(s)
(20 marks)
• In the context of this exam ‘explain’’ means you should clarify something
by providing more detail and the relevant reasons behind that detail
• The focus of this question is on cause and effect. You are being asked to
identify the different aspects of your dance performance that were in
need to attention and to explain how you used the rehearsal process to
deal with those issues.
• Obviously there will be a varied of aspects that you could talk about
including choreographic skills as well as physical, technical and
performance skills.
• The rehearsal process could be seen as something that begins when the
dance has been ‘finished’ in terms of choreography or/and it may be seen
as part of the creative/choreographic process – both views are valid.
• Some of you talked about improving your technical skills within a dance
class and this does not count as the rehearsal process.
15. 07 Explain how you have used the rehearsal process to
develop the skills needed for dance performance(s)
(20 marks)
You would have received marks for:
• knowledge of choreographic and physical skills used to develop
movement material
• knowledge of the rehearsal process e.g. selection and refinement
and feedback
• knowledge of skills needed for performance e.g. physical
technical, performance, interpretive, dancing sensitively with
others
• Knowledge of different types of rehearsal e.g. rehearsals that
focus on specific issues like timing, spacing, technical rehearsal,
dress rehearsal
• Description of strategies, exercises, approaches to training that
help a dancer to improve/address a particular need that might
have been identified during rehearsal
• Explanation of the effect that rehearsals have in preparing for
performance
16. Your homework is to redo questions 6
and 7 and hand it in next week.
Questions?
