Dance Performance & Self-Evaluation

Skills are not performed correctly and safely. Understanding of appropriate concepts, initiation, and movement awareness is not made evident.

Few skills are performed correctly and safely. A limited understanding of appropriate concepts, initiation, and movement awareness is presented.

Some aspects of skills are performed correctly and safely. Some of the appropriate concepts, initiation, and movement awareness and understanding are presented.

Skills are performed correctly and safely. The appropriate concepts, initiation, and movement awareness and understanding are presented.

Not able to maintain proper aspects of alignment and body placement in space or while moving through space.

Not always able to maintain proper aspects of alignment and body placement. Not always demonstrated in space and through space.

Most often able to maintain proper aspects of alignment and body placement demonstrated not only in space but also while moving through space.

Able to maintain proper aspects of alignment and body placement demonstrated not only in space but also while moving through space.

Smooth and efficient transitions are not presented between movements.

Transitions between movements are somewhat smooth and efficient but need practice.

Transitions between movements are mostly smooth and efficient.

Transitions between movements are consistently smooth and efficient.

Musicality and understanding of rhythm awareness are not demonstrated throughout performance.

Very little musicality and understanding of rhythm awareness are demonstrated throughout performance.

Some movement is performed demonstrating an ability to feel and present the rhythm and musicality to the phrase.

Movement is performed demonstrating an ability to feel and present the rhythm and musicality to the phrase.

There is little awareness of how the body and limbs can use the space around them. Performance does not demonstrate awareness of self and others in space while performing.

Awareness of space through entire body and limbs is not always connected. More awareness of self and others in space is needed throughout performance.

Awareness of space is often developed through body and limbs. Spatial awareness of self and others is usually evident in performance.

Awareness of space is developed through body and limbs.
Spatial awareness of self and others is evident in performance.

Ability to present movement that demonstrates use of texture, attack, flow, and effort throughout performance is not present.

Has limited ability to present movement that demonstrates use of texture, attack, flow, and effort throughout performance.

Demonstrates quality of movement understanding, and demonstrates some aspects of texture, attack, flow, and effort throughout performance.

Demonstrates quality of movement understanding, and demonstrates texture, attack, flow, and effort throughout performance.

Emotion, expression, and intent of movement is not demonstrated and projected throughout the performance.

Emotion, expression, and intent of movement are rarely demonstrated and projected throughout the performance.

Emotion, expression, and intent of movement are somewhat demonstrated and projected throughout the performance.

Emotion, expression, and intent of movement is demonstrated and projected throughout the performance.

Articulated no technical strengths and weaknesses.

Minimally articulated technical strengths and weaknesses.

Moderately articulated technical strengths and weaknesses.

Substantially articulated technical strengths and weaknesses.

Articulated no self-reflection of personal expression during performance.

Minimally articulated self-reflection of personal expression during performance.

Moderately articulated self-reflection of personal expression during performance.

Substantially articulated self-reflection of personal expression during performance.

Described areas of growth with no detail.

Described areas of growth in minimal detail.

Described areas of growth in moderate detail.

Described areas of growth in specific detail.