Demonstrate understanding of the development of dance in Aotearoa/New Zealand
This written exam standard asks Year 13 students to show they understand how dance has developed in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Students choose one question from four options and write a detailed response. The topics they can choose from include Black Grace Dance Company, an established New Zealand choreographer (someone with 20+ years of work, like Neil Ieremia), how social media has shaped dance styles in New Zealand, or a cultural dance form. It is worth 4 credits and is assessed in an end-of-year exam.
You describe and briefly discuss key aspects of your chosen topic. You show some knowledge, give a few examples of dances or other work, and link them to the question. You avoid just retelling a biography.
You go further by explaining why things happened and what impact they had. You back up your points with specific details like titles of works, years, movement descriptions, or quotes. Your response clearly shows you understand the significance of your topic to New Zealand dance.
You make insightful connections between dance works, stages of development, and what was happening in society at the time. Your whole response is well-structured, selective, and every point ties back to the heart of the question. Your evidence is detailed and used to build a persuasive, perceptive argument.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.