Year 9 Dance: Exploring Expressive Skills in Performance
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This worksheet will help you understand and develop your expressive skills in dance performance. Focus on how emotion, facial expressions, and body language enhance your dance pieces.
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Year 9 Dance: Exploring Expressive Skills in Performance
Subject: DanceGrade: Year 9
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Year 9 Dance: Exploring Expressive Skills in Performance
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1.
Describe how you can use your facial expressions to convey happiness during a dance performance. Include at least two specific facial actions or gestures.
[4 marks]2.
Explain the importance of using body language to express sadness in a dance. Provide two examples of movements or gestures.
[4 marks]3.
Describe how a dancer’s eye contact can influence the audience's connection during a performance.
[3 marks]4.
Explain the role of exaggerated gestures in expressive dance and when they might be necessary.
[4 marks]5.
Draw a large gesture that a dancer might use to express excitement. Include a brief description of what the gesture looks like.
[6 marks]6.
Sketch a pose that a dancer might adopt to show vulnerability or sadness. Describe the key features of your sketch.
[6 marks]7.
Identify and describe two ways a dancer can use their gaze to express different emotions during a performance.
[4 marks]8.
Choose an emotion (e.g., anger, joy, fear) and describe how a dancer could use their facial expressions and body language together to communicate this emotion effectively.
[6 marks]9.
Explain why it is important for dancers to consider their emotional expression when performing a piece.
[4 marks]10.
Reflect on a dance performance you have seen or performed. Describe one way the dancer’s use of expressive skills improved the overall performance.
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- 1/2/2026
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- 1/2/2026
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