The purpose of our dance is the "idea" behind it. Our idea is:

• to emulate, honour and celebrate the mana of our Mana Wahine, Mana Tāne
  
  

The expressive qualities we are exploring should reflect the idea of mana. These qualities include but are not limited to:

• contrast of sustained and strong energy qualities

• use of breath as a reflection of 'life force'

• purposeful focus toward our Mana Wahine/Tāne in downstage right, and, our duet partner
  
  

The emotion/projection we are conveying is your own interpretation of the following:

• prestige;

• authority;

• control;

• power;

• influence;

• high status;

• honour;

• spiritual power;

• charisma;

• holy or sacred. 

Task:

1) Film yourself performing the routine
2) Watch it back with your duet partner
3) Take a look at the assessment criteria here and read over the purpose of our dance above.
4) Complete the self-critique worksheet below to get an idea of where you are sitting right now. We can then clearly make goals for what to improve on.
5) Complete the reflection questions at the bottom of this page. Answer these in a new document and submit it alongside your self-critique worksheet.

Remember, you have to get all of Achieved to get Merit. You have to get all of Achieved and Merit to get Excellence.