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Dance Practicum: Ballet 
Dance 1 Practicum: Ballet
Rubric Code: UXX83C6
By vickidances
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Subject: Dance  
Type: Exam  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Novice

1 pts

Approaching

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

Combo # 1

Plie' (to bend)
Novice

Student has a poor understanding of the five positions. Knees do not track over the toes, and the upper body does not stay square.
Approaching

Student does a fair job in physically finding the five positions and executing a plie in each. Knees don't quite track over the toes.
Good

Student knows the differences between the five positions and can plie in each. Some errors in alignment may still occur.
Excellent

Student demonstrates clean plies in each of the four positions while maintaining proper alignment of the body.
Combo # 2

Tendu in 1st Position
Novice

Student has poor sense of technical skills with little or no pointing of the feet and no use of the extended foot. Knees bend consistently.
Approaching

Student has a fair sense of technique by sometimes pointing the feet with limited extension of the foot. Knees bend slightly and rarely.
Good

Student shows a good understanding of proper use of technique by pointing the feet with a good extension of the foot. Knees stay straight most of the time.
Excellent

Student demonstrates excellent use of technique by pointing the feet with proper extension of the foot. Knees stay straight consistently.
Combo # 3

DEGAGES (disengage)
Novice

Student fails to brush the leg with proper muscular execution.
Approaching

Student has a fair sense of technique by pointing the foot as it lifts from the ground, but the knees fail to stay straight, and the student fails to pass through demi pointe.
Good

Student shows a good understanding of proper technique by keeping the legs straight as the working foot brushes through to pointe. Slight errors in placement.
Excellent

Student demonstrates excellent use of technique by brushing the feet with straight legs, passing through demi pointe, and maintaining a strong alignment of the body.
Combo # 4

Rond de Jambe'<BR>
Developpe
Novice

Student's hips move excessively and the leg bends during the movement.<BR>
Student does not understand proper alignment and muscle use of the leg.
Approaching

Student has fair awareness of alignment but leg may bend as it passes through first position.<BR>
Student has fair awareness of alignment when executing the movement. Leg does not pass through a clean coupe and/or passe.
Good

Student demonstrates proper alignment when executing the movement and mostly keeps the legs straight.<BR>
Student demonstrates proper alignment when executing the movement by keeping the body square and the supporting leg straight, but small errors may occur in the movement of the working leg.
Excellent

Student demonstrates excellent alignment when executing the movement. Hips stay square and still as the leg moves freely but cleanly below. Student demonstrates excellent placement of the foot in sur le cou de pie and back coupe positions and extends to a straight and turned out leg on the music.
Combo # 5

Frappe
Novice

Student does not extend feet/legs. Student does not strike the floor. Student does not maintain allignment. <BR>
Approaching

Student demonstrates fair sense of good placement body. Foot is not in proper position. Student strikes the floor intermittently
Good

Student demonstrates good placement of the foot in passe'. Maintains vertical alignment and squaring off. Finishes pirouette in correct position (4th or 5th). Co-ordinates the arms with feet. Slight errors in placement.
Excellent

Exellent use of placement. Strikes the floor and extends the foot throughout the whole combination
Combo #6

Grande Battement
Novice

Students does not stretch feet or legs alignment is poor
Approaching

Students stretches feet and legs most of the time alignment is fair
Good

Students stretches feet and legs alignment and arms are in proper placement
Excellent

Students has proper placement, timing feet and legs throughout the whole exercise
Combo #7

Adagio
Novice

Student does not have a clear sense of positions or alignment
Approaching

Student has a fair sense of positions and alignment as well as timing
Good

Students has a good sense of positions, alignment, and timing.
Excellent

Student makes little or no mistakes with positions, alignments, or timing.
Combo # 8

Pettit Allegro
Novice

Student does not extend feet/legs in the air. Student does not maintain allignment. <BR>
Does not understand the difference in jumps
Approaching

Student has a fair awareness of muscular engagment of the leg but has trouble keeping the body stable/aligned. Heels do not touch the floor in jumps. Little knowledge of sequence and
Good

Student demonstrates knowlege of different steps. Keeps body strong while. Only minor erros in combination and alignment.
Excellent

Excellent demonstration of sequence and timing. Feet fully extend in each jump. Full muscular engagement.
Combo #9

Grande Allegro
Novice

Student does not stretch feet or legs and does not use plie.
Approaching

Students uses plie but does not stretch feet or legs.
Good

Students uses plie and stretches feet and legs
Excellent

Student uses plie stretches feet and legs and uses arms properly




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