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Assessment in Ballet Studies at the Undergraduate Level in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2013

Michelle Groves
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Abstract

This paper considers the extent to which assessment of ballet technique within higher education can be congruent with the expectations of professional practice while at the same time acknowledging self-actualisation and regulation through experiences of assessment. Assuming that the study of any discipline within higher education should prepare individuals for employment within a professional stream, this paper questions how expectations of ballet technique within higher education align with expectations of the dance profession. Further, the paper examines how objective measures that underline accountability and transparency in assessment practices align with aesthetic variables such as interpretation, presentation, and artistic sensibility.

Type
Panel: Tracing the Trends, Mapping the Practices: Historiography, Pedagogy, and Assessment in Ballet Studies at the Undergraduate Level
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Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 41 , supplement S1: Global Perspectives On Dance Pedagogy: Research And Practice , 2009 , pp. 86 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2009

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