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Dance I: Group Choreography Project #1- Chance Dance

Students are to create a dance in groups that is 5 eight counts long, contains a beginning pose and end pose, 1 turn, 1 leap, 1 traveling step, and 1 formation change. Students will apply the creative process to the composition of short dance pieces, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas.

Rubric Code: SX2B4BC

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Subject: Dance

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Student Choreography Group Assignment
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Choreography	Excellent Group accomplished the task extremely and related the dance movements to the song.	Good Group accomplished task well and related the dance movements to the song.	Fair Group somewhat accomplished task and movements are unclear to the theme of the song.	Needs Improvement Group is confused about assignment and was missing choreography.	Poor Group did not finish assignment and movements have no relation to song.
Movement Knowledge	Excellent Dancer know the movement extremely well. Confident and don't need to follow anyone else. Dancers have a great sense of timing & direction.	Good Dancer know the movement well. They stay together, and have a good sense of timing & direction. 2-3 mistakes made.	Fair Dancer somewhat knew movement. Have an ok sense of timing & direction. Made 4-5 mistakes.	Needs Improvement Dancer are somewhat unprepared and unsure of the choreography. Timing or direction is unclear. Made 5-6 mistakes.	Poor Dancer is unprepared and unsure of the choreography. There is no sense of timing or direction. Made lots of mistakes.
Elements Included choreography techniques requirements. 1. Beg & End Pose 2. 1- Turn 3. 1- Leap 4. 1- traveling Step 5. 1- Formation Change	Excellent Strong and consistent evidence that the dancer not only understand the elements of dance, but are able to use the elements to add interest and variety to their dance. 5 of 5	Good All of the elements of dance are present and the dancers understand what they are. 4 of 5	Fair Some of the elements of dance are present. Dancer did not clearly understand what the elements of dance are. 3 of 5	Needs Improvement Dancer was unclear of the choreography techniques and included only one of the skills. 2 of 5	Poor Dance did not include any of the elements of dance. 1 of 5
Teamwork	Excellent Strong evidence that group worked as team. All members participate and demonstrate personal skill and knowledge.	Good Good evidence that group worked as team. All members participate and demonstrate personal skill and knowledge.	Fair Dancer show some evidence for working as a team. Not all students represented or participating.	Needs Improvement Dancer show few evidence for working as a team. Not all students represented or participating.	Poor Dancer did not act as team. Not all students participating. Clear division amongst members.

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