Expressing movement

Expressing movement is a resource designed for students in the Stage 6 Dance course. 

This resource focuses on understanding performance quality, interpretation and style in dance performance. 

Students will use dance terminology relevant to the study of dance as an artform to analyse performance quality relating to safe dance practice and dance technique to enhance the interpretation of a work.   

Your students will:

• evaluate the control/variation of dynamics

• describe quality of line

• analyse the use of projection

• classify the relationship between kinaesthetic awareness and safe dance practice.

You are encouraged to link the activities to your students’ own dance performances. Here are some suggestions for linking to students' own dance performances:  

Activity 1: Critique your own ability to control and vary the dynamics in your own dance performance and how you use strength and coordination to do this. Record this as a physical and oral demonstration and send to your teacher.  

Activity 2: Identify a phrase of movement from your dance performance and describe the role that alignment plays in maintaining quality of line. Record this as a physical and oral demonstration and send to your teacher. 

Activity 3: Assess your use of projection in your dance performance to develop consistency of interpretation. Record this as a physical and oral demonstration and send to your teacher. 

Activity 4: Evaluate your use of kinaesthetic awareness in your dance performance. What role does safe dance practice play in achieving this? Record this as a physical and oral demonstration and send to your teacher. 

These activities could be demonstrated physically and orally in class or recorded and sent to the teacher to support the interview component of the HSC Dance practical exam.