| Here is a test that can be administered to
your dance team members following a competition that can be applied to
their grade.
NAME____________________________________
DANCE I TEST
DANCE/DRILL TEAM COMPETITION
OBSERVATION
As you are attending or participating in the contest, this test will be
administered for Dance I credit. Please make sure to take notes and
complete prior to the end of the contest.
Please do not consult with other team members for your answers.
1. As you are watching the jazz routines, please list below the teams that
included axle turns, leaps and jete's in their routine:
__________________________ ____________________________
2. In the jazz or lyrical category, name two teams that incorporated
modern dance elements into their routine:
__________________________ ____________________________
3. In the jazz or lyrical category, name two teams that incorporated any
formal ballet steps into their routine:
__________________________ ____________________________
What steps were used? (name 3)
__________________________ ____________________________
4. In any category, name a team that incorporated folk or ethnic dance
into their routine:
__________________________
5. In your dance vocabulary, name 8 technical steps that you observed in
the routines today and the team that performed them:
step:______________________ team:________________________
__________________________ ____________________________
__________________________ ____________________________
__________________________ ____________________________
__________________________ ____________________________
__________________________ ____________________________
6. Name a team that utilized a theme to carry out their artistic
interpretation of the routine:
team: ______________________
theme: ______________________
category: ______________________
7. Name a team that their costume played a major role in the creative
interpretation of their dance:
team: ______________________
costume: ______________________
category: ______________________
8. What team and routine stood out in your mind to have the best balance
of level changes in their choreography?
team:_______________________ category:_______________________
9. What team and routine stood out in your mind to have the best balance
of formations and patterns?
team:_______________________ category:_______________________
10. What team and routine stood out in your mind to have the most
challenging choreography?
team:_______________________ category:_______________________
11. What team and routine stood out in your mind to have the least
challenging choreography?
team:_______________________ category:_______________________
12. Choose one team each from three different categories to judge with the
contest score sheet. Attach to your test and turn in for group discussion
the week following the contest. Make sure you are backing up all of your
score with comments.
13. Name the team that carried out the best:
Choreography_________________________ event:____________________________
Technique____________________________ event:____________________________
Presentation__________________________ event:____________________________
Precision_____________________________ event:____________________________
14. Name a team that utilized another form of dance in their routine such
as clogging, tap, etc.:
team:_________________________ event:_________________________
15. As an observer, which do you think is most important to include in a
routine, Technique or Presentation? Why? |
