DANCE PERFORMANCE RUBRIC
Excellent Good Acceptable
10 pts
Knowledge of Excellent
Choreography
Demonstrates excellent
knowledge of the
choreography and does it
Memory of the routine and
well.
execution of the moves
looks true to the moves
that were choreographed.
Technical skills Excellent
Dance performed with
Pointing toes, back great attention to quality of
straight, arm placement is movement, body position,
not sloppy, moves are and other details of dance.
executed smoothly. Also demonstrates an
excellent understanding of
dance style.
Performance Skills Excellent
The dancer draws the
Projection of eye contact audience in to want to
and cheerful facial watch them and is able to
expressions. The dancer is engage the audience
confident with movements. completely through their
performance. A true joy to
watch!
Rhythm/Tempo Excellent
Shows a complete
Staying on count and with understanding of tempo
the beats of the music. and beat and stays on
rhythm throughout the
dance.
Partial Minimal
8 pts 6 pts 4 pts 2 pts
Good Acceptable Partial Minimal
Demonstrates good Demonstrates Demonstrates some Remembers a few of
knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of the steps/
choreography. Few choreography. Some choreography, but unsure movements and tries,
errors, however it does errors (3-5 errors) of some movements. but looks lost.
not interfere with causing brief pause in Sometimes hesitates/
performance. performance. watches others and
makes several errors
Good Acceptable Partial Minimal
Dance performed with Dance performed with Only some understanding Although remembers
attention to details of attention to most details of technical elements (ie. some of dance, little
technique, has attained of technique, but hasn't footwork, quality of attention paid to how
proficiency in dance attained proficiency in movements, body movements are done
style. dance style yet. Some positions) demonstrated or other details of
technical errors. in performance. dance.
Good Acceptable Partial Minimal
The dancer The dancer The dancer is generally The dancer is not
communicates with communicates with focused, but only some very focused on
audience through eye audience through eye attempt made to grab making eye contact,
contact and facial and contact and facial and attention of the viewers concentrated or
body expression. Is body expression. with eye contact and committed to
able to engage the Occasionally loses focus. good facial expression. performance.
viewers.
Good Acceptable Partial Minimal
Accurate in beat, Generally accurate in Shows a basic Attempts to keep a
tempo, rhythms of beat, tempo, rhythms of understanding of tempo rhythm, but gets off
dance sequences dance sequences most and beat, but falls behind beat and speeds up
throughout the dance. of the time. and/or speeds up in or falls behind often.
places or makes errors in Doesn't follow beat in
rhythm. music.