This course will enable students to:

• Explore dance in a variety of contexts
• Develop personal dance vocabulary
• Understand and engage in the process of transforming ideas into choreography
• Develop and apply dance production, presentation, performance skills, and technologies, working both independently and collaboratively

This course leads to: NCEA Level 2 Dance and IB Dance

Assessment

There will be six equally weighted assessment opportunities offered throughout the year of which students must choose FOUR.

Assessment Opportunities

Dance Performance

• Teacher directed group performance – 25%
• Student directed solo/group performance – 25%

Dance Choreography

• Group Choreography – 25%
• Solo Choreography – 25%

Dance Technologies and Media

• Possible options: makeup, lighting, costume, film, photography – 25%

Dance Investigation

• Genre study – 25%

A reflective journal is also a required component of the Dance Foundation Course.