iRubric: Dance I: Group Choreography Project rubric

Dancer has no idea what the movement is, he/she obviously follows the other dancers, no sense of timing or direction

Dancer knows the movement fairly well. He/she minimally follows the other dancers. Dancer has a fairly good sense of timing & direction.

Dancer knows the movement extremely well. He/she doesn't need to follow anyone else. Dancer has a great sense of timing & direction.

The dance uses almost all axial and neglects the locomotor OR almost all locomotor and neglects the axial.

The dance tends to be a bit heavy on axial OR locomotor movements but for the most part there is balance.

There is a balanced and interesting mixture of axial and locomotor movements used throughout the dance.

Group uses 1 level through out entire dance.

Group uses the 3 different levels but favors either low, mid or high.

Groups uses a wide variety and interesting mix of levels.

Group uses 1 formation throughout the entire .

Group uses at least 2 different formations throughout the dance.

Group uses a wide variety of formations throughout the dance.

There are almost no smooth transitions between movements. It looks as if the movements were just thrown together.

Most of the movements transitions smoothly with a few bumps along the way.

Dance transitions smoothly from one movement to the next with no bumps.