CUADAN512 — Refine ballet performance skills
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What an assessment for CUADAN512 must cover
66 assessable components: 4 elements (21 performance criteria), 17 performance evidence and 23 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Apply physical conditioning program
- 1.1Set physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique in consultation with required personnel
- 1.2Identify risk factors that may inhibit achievement of goals and seek advice as required
- 1.3Build stamina, strength and flexibility using techniques according to physical conditioning goals
- 1.4Perform warm-up and cool-down routines in conjunction with physical and dance activities according to safe dance practices
- 1.5Note and discuss with required personnel fatigue and personal limitations when undertaking physical conditioning program
2 Practise ballet performance techniques
- 2.1Apply increasingly difficult ballet techniques and repertoire during class work according to safe dance practices
- 2.2Practise developing strength and complexity in footwork according to ballet repertoire requirements
- 2.3Practise adding sense of musical individuality to solo work as required
- 2.4Demonstrate communication and cohesion with other dancers in ensemble work as required
- 2.5Convey spatial awareness when practising solo and ensemble work
- 2.6Practise executing complex variations of ballet repertoire according to safe dance practices
3 Apply techniques in performances
- 3.1Confirm intention and purpose of performance with required personnel
- 3.2Confirm dance pieces to be performed with required personnel, and undertake preparations in line with performance context and purpose
- 3.3Develop rehearsal schedule for dance pieces to be performed
- 3.4Confirm personal presentation is suitable for performance context
- 3.5Prepare for competitions and auditions using psychology techniques
- 3.6Maintain focus throughout performance and demonstrate rhythm and musicality
- 3.7Convey choreographic intent of dances through confident and precise execution of ballet dance techniques
4 Review and identify strategies to improve performance skills
- 4.1Seek and give feedback in debriefing session and discuss ways to improve individual and ensemble technique
- 4.2Develop strategies for improving own ballet dance and performance technique using self-evaluation and feedback from others
- 4.3View performances by industry practitioners and identify new ideas and trends that can be applied to own dance practice
Performance evidence
- prepare for and perform ballet repertoire in front of an audience, at least one of which must be in an ensemble performance, and at least one of which must be a solo performance.
- In the course of the above, the candidate must:
- perform complex combinations of classical ballet technique using:
- classical line
- combinations of spatial organisations with pirouettes, balances and jumps of increasing difficulty and dynamic continuity
- control of movement
- individual artistic qualities
- complex enchaînements
- muscular strength and flexibility
- quality and breadth of movement
- mentally and physically prepare for performances using performance techniques
- use ballet terminology when required
- respond to different time signatures in performance pieces
- communicate mood and style of selected performance pieces through dance
- demonstrate alignment and extensions in difficult combinations throughout performances
- demonstrate coordination of limbs, torso and head throughout performances
- follow injury-prevention techniques and safe dance practices.
Knowledge evidence
- ballet techniques used in complex ballet combinations
- principles relating to physical movements and ballet technique, including:
- relationship with gravity
- spatial awareness
- successional movement
- use of breath
- folding
- extending
- rotating
- shifting weight
- balance
- principles of safe dance practice and injury prevention, including those relating to:
- spine articulation
- foot engagement
- bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso
- joint range of motion
- differentiation of legs and pelvis
- posture and alignment
- health and safety policies and procedures relevant to the dance environment
- ballet terminology required to demonstrate the performance evidence
- performance psychology techniques and methods for preparing for auditions and competitions
- musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation, and their application to ballet dance technique
- strategies to respond to feedback and self-evaluation to improve ballet performance skills.
Foundation skills
- Oral communication: Obtains information by listening and questioning Uses verbal and non-verbal means when communicating with ensemble members
- Initiative and enterprise: Works creatively with music and dance Recognises opportunities to develop and apply new approaches to performing ballet
- Planning and organising: Adopts a methodical, disciplined and positive approach to physical conditioning program, dance classes and performances
- Self-management: Follows industry accepted safe dance practices and injury-prevention strategies Takes responsibility for own ongoing professional and career development
- Teamwork: Works collaboratively with others
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Questions about assessing CUADAN512
What does an assessment tool for CUADAN512 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUADAN512 needs to address all 66 unit components: 4 elements with 21 performance criteria, 17 performance evidence requirements, 23 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CUADAN512?
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