Dance Performance Rubric
Exceeds Expectations           Meets Expectations                Approaching                 Does Not Meet
                                   4                             3                         Expectations                Expectations
                                                                                                2                           1/0
      Knowledge of       Demonstrates excellent       Demonstrates knowledge        Demonstrates some             Demonstrates no
      Choreography       knowledge of                 of movement and performs      knowledge of movement,        knowledge of movement.
                         choreography and             with few errors.              and performance has
                         performs movement free of                                  many errors.
                         errors.
     Stage Presence      Dancer uses their face and   Dancer uses facial and        Dancer uses little face and   Dancer uses no facial
                         body to fully express the    body expressions when         body expressions when         and/or body expressions.
                         intent of the movement.      performing.                   performing the movement.
        Musicality       Shows a full understanding   Shows understanding of        Has some knowledge of         Dancer speed up/ and or
                         of rhythm and timing by      rhythm and timing by          rhythm and timing, but        falls behind often
                         staying on beat for the      staying on beat throughout    speeds up/and or slows        throughout the dance.
                         entire dance.                most of the dance.            down many time
                                                                                    throughout dance.
        Technique        Great attention to the       Choreography is               Choreography is               Choreography shows no
                         quality of movement, body    performed with attention to   performed with little         attention to details of
                         position, and demonstrates   details and shows             attention to details of       movement and
                         excellent understanding of   proficiency of dance style.   movement, and student is      demonstrates little
                         dance style.                                               not proficient is dance       knowledge of dance style.
                                                                                    style.
          Effort         Shows great effort while     Shows effort when             Shows little effort while     Shows no effort while
                         performing choreography.     performing choreography       performing the                performing choreography.
                                                                                    choreography
Total: ___________/ 20