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Performance quality applied to the Dance

In Core Performance, students are required to demonstrate performance quality applied to the Dance.

Performance quality involves sustaining control and manipulation of space, time and dynamics in relation to the Dance performed. It also involves the demonstration of the quality of line, projection, commitment and kinaesthetic awareness which lead to a clear interpretation of a Dance.

Each student will have a different way of communicating his or her performance quality to the audience, with individuals creating their own interpretation.

Control and manipulation of the elements of dance

In dance as an artform, the three elements of dance—space, time and dynamics—are the tools employed by the dance composer to communicate his or her idea, or ideas to an audience.

Performance quality and the individual

Each body has a specific range of motion depending on the skeletal frame and the ligaments that support it. The way the muscles have been trained and developed influences the range of motion available to each dancer and the degree of control and the dancer’s ability to interpret and skilfully communicate ideas in a given movement vocabulary.

Quality of line

In the application of dance technique, students need to execute movement with clarity and to finish the lines of each movement. Choreography needs to suit the level of skill and an individual’s movement style.

Projection and consistency

In Core and Major Performance it is important to connect and communicate with the audience. This can be achieved by performing with a sense of confidence and a strong sense of commitment to the dance.