NCEA L1 Dance case studies
NCEA L1 Dance · Put your knowledge to work in context.
NCEA Level 1 Dance is the first-year Dance subject within New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement, delivered under The Arts learning area of the New Zealand Curriculum. NZQA frames the subject simply: Dance is about learning to communicate through movement and interpret meaning from movement. The NCEA L1 Dance case studies are 5 cases and about 2,268 words.
1Storm Canon with an Injured Dancer
Your Year 11 group has five dancers and a two-minute performance assessment in six days. The theme is 'storm approaching'.
501 words, about 3 min2Solo Reading of a Lockdown Poem
A Year 12 solo assessment asks you to interpret a six-line poem about alert level 4 lockdown: 'The kettle clicks off / and the house holds its breath / I count the same four walls / until the text arrives / Mum says keep busy / I water a plastic plant.' You have 90 seconds. You choose mostly stillness, one repeated hand-to-chest gesture, and a low level near the floor.
443 words, about 2 min3Mixed-Ability Duet About a Sibling Leaving
You are choreographing a 90-second duet for a Year 11 assessment. Your partner, Tama, has danced for one term; you have five years of hip hop.
434 words, about 2 min4Courtyard Site-Specific Work About Being Watched
Your class is performing a five-minute site-specific work in the school courtyard for an audience of 60. The courtyard has a concrete floor, a raised planter on one side, a glass-walled office on another, and a bell that rings at 12:25.
456 words, about 2 min5Assembly Dance About Belonging
You are choreographing a three-minute group dance for a school assembly. The stage is 4 metres wide and 3 metres deep, with audience seated on the floor in front, including Year 9 students.
434 words, about 2 min