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Performance quality applied to the Dance
In Major Study Performance, students are required to demonstrate performance quality applied to the Work.
Performance quality involves sustaining control and manipulation of space, time and dynamics in relation to the Work performed. It also involves the demonstration of the quality of line, projection, commitment and kinaesthetic awareness which lead to a clear interpretation of a Work.
Each student will have a different way of communicating his or her performance quality to the audience of how that dance is to be communicated 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 impacts on the range of motion available to each dancer and their degree of control and 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 Major Study 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.
The Major Study Work is considered to be a coherent organisation of technical phrases and sections driven by thematic considerations that create a unified whole. Interpretation refers to the application of technique and performance quality to your particular Work.
Musical principles
Major Study Performance requires an understanding of the relevant musical principles and the link between the accompaniment and the physical realisation of the Work.
Characteristics of dance performance
Dance, as an artform, is both an historical and contemporary study. It has a past and also a present .The Work is the product of many influences, including its thematic considerations, socio-cultural context and use of the elements of dance.
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