Proficient & Advanced Ballet Final Assessment
Final assessment is in 3 parts
- Binder Product
- Written Assessment
- Movement Assessment
All 3 portions are due or will take place on May 30, 2014 in room A100
Binders are due at 9:20am
- Must contain all 4 quarters and will serve as an artifact of this year
- A separate binder order list is included
Written assessment will be from 9:30am – 11:30am
- Study guide is included
Movement assessment will be from 11:45am – 1:15pm
- Assessment rubric is included
Contact Mrs. Willis via email if there are questions: dominiquel.willis@cms.k12.nc.us
Proficient & Advanced Binder Order
Qtr 1
Syllabus
Feet Positions
Arms
Vocab 1
Vaganova know and want
Warm up: weakness & goals
Body Directions
Michael Fokine Paper
Quiz 1
Progess Report
Vaganova Arabesque
Vocab 2
Fonteyn Notes
Fonteyn Timeline
Fonteyn Paper
Objectives Oct 8
Quarter 1 Exam
Qtr 2
Objectives Nov 13, Nov 19
Journal Entry
Points of the Room
Journal Paper
Vocab 3
Baryshnikov Greatest Accomplishments
Poem Discussion
Movement Assessment
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Qtr 3
Self-Assessment
Mariinsky Theater Paragraph
Assessment Reflection
Tendu/Adagio
Written Quiz
Composition/Choreography HW
Quiz Corrections
Vocabulary
Worksheet 1
Pop Quiz
Progress Report
Mariinsky Theater Paper
Worksheet 2
Production Design & Performance Values HW
Qtr 4
Objectives/Warm ups
Muscle Packet
Muscle Vocabulary
Muscle Notes
Muscle Chapter Summary
Pelvic Girdle and Hip Joint Packet
Any Pelvis Notes
Pretest Worksheet
Written Assessment Study Guide
1. All Ballet Vocabulary
a. Plie, Battement Tendu , Battement Jete, Rond de Jambe, Adagio, Petit Allegro,
Waltz, Frappe, Battement Fondu, Releve, En dehor, En dedan, A’terre, En la’ir,
En cloche, Cambre, Port de bras, Sur le cou-de-pied, En croix, Grande Battement,
En Avant, Penche, En Bas, Ecarte, En Tournant, Tombe, Pas de chat, Efface,
Fouette, Retire
2. Russian Points of the Room
a. Directions and audience
3. Feet Positions
a. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
b. In French and in English
c. 4th position variations
4. Arm Positions
a. preparatory, first, second, third
b. Importance of holding the arms
5. Body Positions
a. Croise’, A la quatrie’me, A la seconde, E’carte’, Efface’
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6. Vaganova Arabesques
a. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
b. Are the legs croise’ or efface’; are the arms in 1st, 2nd or 3rd arabesque
7. Agrippina Vaganova
a. Major contributions to ballet
b. Vaganova method
8. Michel Fokine
a. Ballets
b. relationship to Ballet Russes
c. In common with Vaganova & Fonteyn
d. Dance training & family background
e. Major contributions to ballet
9. Margot Fonteyn
a. Life events and career
10. Types of Dances
a. Pure, Abstract, Lyrical, Narrative, Comic
b. Motif and ABA
11. Muscle Vocabulary
a. Smooth, Cardiac, Skeletal, Muscle Belly, Tendon, Origin, Insertion, Dynamic
Muscle Contraction, Concentric Muscle Contraction, Eccentric Muscle
Contraction
12. Labelling Muscles from waist down on page 60 and 61
13. 4 main sections of the Spine
a. Names (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum) & Coccyx
b. Numbers of vertebra
14. Directions
a. Anterior, Posterior, Superior, Inferior, Medial, Lateral
15. Pelvis -> Os Coxae
a. Ilium, Pubis, Ischium
b. Ilium: Largest; Bony prominences (Iliac fossa, iliac crest, Asis, Psis)
c. Locating in Pelvis
d. Key for evaluating Pelvic alignment & Symmetry
e. Ischium: Strongest; Bony prominences (Ischial tuberosities, Rami, Obturator
Foramen, Acetabulum)
i. Ischial Tuberosities: Key for teaching turnout and alignment
ii. Obturator Foramen: Largest foramen in body; landmark for ligaments &
muscle attachments for effecting turnout
iii. Acetabulum: Cavity where head of the femur attaches
f. Pubis: Pubic Symphysis cartilaginous joint connecting pubis together
g. Connection to the Spine: By the Sacroiliac Joint and by the Pubic Symphysis
h. Movement of Pelvic Girdle: Lateral tilt, anterior tilt, posterior tilt and rotation
16. Hip Joint
a. A ball-and-socket joint
b. 3 degrees of motion
c. Joint Capsule: Iliofemoral ligament, pubofemoral ligament, ischialfemoral
ligament
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d. Specialized structures of the hip: Acetabular Labrum, Suction, Muscles, Bursae
17. Muscles that cross the hip joint
a. Anterior muscles
i. Illiopsoas, Rectus Femoris, Sartorius
b. Posterior muscles
i. Gluteus Maximus, Iliotibal Band, Deep Outward Rotator muscles,
Hamstrings
c. Lateral muscles
i. Gluteus Medius & Minimus, Tensor Fasciae Latae
d. Medial muscles
i. Adductor Longus, Brevis, & Magnus, Pectinius, Gracilis
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Willis
Ballet Movement Assessment
Final
Scoring:
1- No Achievement, Not Evident in Class (i.e. never shown in class)
2- Minimal Achievement , Rarely Evident in Class (i.e. Sometimes shown in class)
3- Average Achievement, Shows Evidence Inconsistently in Class (i.e. Mostly shown in
class)
4- Excellent Achievement, Shows Evidence Consistently in Class (i.e. Always shown in
class)
MOVEMENT SKILLS
Execution of Skills
Pelvic Alignment _____
Parallel _____
Turn Out _____
Strength _____
Jumps/ Leaps _____
Spinal Alignment_____
Connection to Floor _____
Articulation of Foot _____
Musicality _____
Endurance _____
Turns _____
Spatial Awareness _____
Balance _____
Control_____
Flexibility _____
Movement of Spine ____
Use of Arms______
Performance
Correct Interpretation of Phrases (timing, spacing, movement skills) _____
Retention of Phrases _____
Performance Quality _____
CLASS ETIQUETTE
Professionalism
Respectful of Instructor & Class Members ____
Active Participation _____
Attitude and Effort _____
Classwork
Applying Corrections/ Practice _____
Dress Code _____
Student’s Name: ______________________________________________
Date Completed: May 30, 2014
Score:
/ 100