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Dance Assessment 
Dance Assessment
basic assessment of small pieces of choreography and or technique
Rubric Code: QAAW5A
By StephanieTsop
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Subject: Dance  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

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  Poor

1 pts

Needs Improvement

2 pts

On level

3 pts

Good

4 pts

Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

5 pts

Arms

Poor

arms are poorly placed and no thought or effort is being focused on the arms
Needs Improvement

Needs improvement: an effort is being made to use the arms, however, they are poorly placed, or not supported by the back. More work and focus on the arms is required.
On level

arms are in correct positions, but are not coordinating with the movement or helping the overall execution as they should.
Good

arms are well placed and coordinated with the rest of the movement. Everything is correct and improving well.
Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

exceeds expectations. Arms are well placed and coordinated and the student is putting her own style into the movement.
Knowledge of Choreography

Poor

student does not have any idea of the choreography and can barely demonstrate the steps.
Needs Improvement

student has some idea of the steps but when demonstrating is still missing more than half of the steps.
On level

student almost has the choreography but is still missing one or two steps when demonstrating the combination.
Good

Student demonstrates a clear knowledge of the choreography.
Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

student can demonstrate the choreography cleanly and clearly and has begun to add her own style to the movements.
Feet

Poor

student never points her feet and is careless in her placement of the feet throughout the choreography
Needs Improvement

student points her feet less than half of the time throughout the choreography and is still careless in her placement of the feet.
On level

student points her feet and places them carefully most of the time during the choreography.
Good

the student demonstrates an awareness of her feet pointing as they leave the floor and is almost always careful in her placement of the feet.
Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

student habitually points her feet when they leave the floor and is careful in her placement throughout the choreography.
Musicality

Poor

student is dancing over the music and is never aware of the beat or tempo. Her movements are erratically timed.
Needs Improvement

student is keeping an inconsistent beat and is not on the music.
On level

student is either keeping good time, but not the right time, or can correct herself when she falls off the music.
Good

the student is on the music the whole time.
Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

Exceeds expectations: the student not only keeps time with the music but is able to put in her own phrasing.
Style

Poor

student is sullen or appears to be purposely putting no effort into her dance.
Needs Improvement

student is not adding any style nor is she thinking like a dancer, rather she is only executing the steps.
On level

student has moments where she appears comfortable enough to add in some style.
Good

student is able to convey a sense of her own interpretation of the music through her dancing.
Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

Student immerses herself into the steps and or the music with a great deal of energy and focus.
Body Placement

Poor

hips are out of alignment consistently, and there is no evidence of core strength and proper placement of the hips and back.
Needs Improvement

More than half of the time the body is poorly placed
On level

student is clearly working on her placement.
Good

students placement is more good than bad. Most of her placement is correct, but there are areas that could improve.
Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

Form is correct.
self assessment

Poor

student put no effort into self assessment and did not identify things that needed correcting
Needs Improvement

student identifiied problems but they were minor, not the ones that stood out and need addressing.
On level

student identified two out of three issues correctly
Good

student correctly identified three places that required improvement.
Excellent/Exceeds Expectaions

student was able to identify the subtle corrections that would make a difference in her dancing.




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