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Dance

Curriculum narrative

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Exam board: GCSE AQA GCSE Dance

Key Stage 3

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Year 7

Theory and appreciation - history and development of dance from 1840-1980 including ballet and contemporary dance.

Theory and appreciation - history and development of dance from 1840-1980 including jazz and break-dance.

Year 8

Choreography - choreographic devices and relationships.

Choreography - linking choreographic devices and relationships together.

Year 9

Choreography - developing a choreographic response to Swansong.

Theory and appreciation - analysis of Swansong by Christopher Bruce.

Key Stage 3

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 7

Performance - learning different dance styles, including ballet.

Performance - learning different dance styles, including jazz.

Year 8

Performance - learning musical theatre dances from the musical Aladdin.

Performance - learning musical theatre dances from the musical Oliver.

Year 9

Performance - physical, expressive and technical skills when learning dances from musicals.

Performance - physical, expressive and technical skills when learning dances from musicals.

Key Stage 3

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year 7

Choreography - learning different aspects that make successful choreographies including dynamics and levels.

Choreography - learning different aspects that make successful choreographies including unison and canon.

Year 8

Appreciation - Analysis of Matthew Bourne's 'The Nutcracker' dance.

Appreciation - Analysis of 'Ghost Dances' by Christopher Bruce.

Year 9

Choreographing - creating duets to a given stimulus.

Choreographing - short group dances to a given stimulus.

 

Key Stage 4

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Year 10

Theory and appreciation - Section A - Performance skills and studio practice.

Theory and appreciation - Section A performance skills.

Year 11

Appreciation - Section C - Infra

Appreciation - Section C - Emancipation of Expressionism.

Key Stage 4

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 10

Theory and appreciation - Section A - choreographic knowledge.

Theory and appreciation - Section A - choreographic knowledge.

Year 11

Appreciation - Section C Within Her Eyes and Shadows and Artificial Things.

Appreciation - Section C revision and Section B.

Key Stage 4

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year 10

Appreciation - Section C - A Linha Curva.

Appreciation - Section C - Infra

Year 11

Appreciation - Revision and Section B.

Appreciation - Revision.

Homework 

Subject:

KS3 Dance

Homework task:

All homework is set on Google Classroom.

  • Year 7 - quiz every 3 lessons.

  • Year 8 - quiz every 3 lessons.

  • Year 9 - quiz and practical rehearsal tasks set every 2 lessons.

Resources:

Quizzes and booklets are all uploaded to Google Classroom. 

Frequency:

Please see year group details above.

Support:

Revision material is on Google Classroom under the categories of classwork material and revision.

Additional information:

  • In year 7 and 8, students are set homework every three lessons which is roughly every half term.

  • In year 9 students have quizzes online but also are set work to rehearse aspects of the dances they are performing in lessons.

 

Subject:

KS4 Dance

Homework task:

All homework is set on Google Classroom.

  • Year 10 - there are bespoke tasks for each student, as well as a homework booklet every half term and a quiz .

  • Year 11 - there are bespoke tasks for each student, as well as a homework booklet every half term and a quiz .

Resources:

Quizzes and booklets are all uploaded onto Google Classroom.  Booklets are also given in paper form to GCSE Dance year 10 and 11 students.

Frequency:

Please see year group details above.

Support:

Revision material is on Google Classroom under the categories of classwork material and revision.

Additional information:

  • For the GCSE Dance students in both year 10 and 11, all students are on a bespoke programme which enables them to reach their full learning potential and this incorporates homework. There are GCSE Dance homework booklets, but some students will have additional homework written into their planners which supports their GCSE Dance progress and is bespoke to their own learning journey in GCSE Dance. Examples of bespoke homework might be researching a particular composer, planning a rehearsal strategy in year 11 or choreographing a short sequence ready for the next lesson.

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