Assessment Guide: Composition and Analysis

Note on marks and limits: Grade boundaries are set by the IB for each examination session, so any mark ranges below are approximate and unofficial. Time, length, and format requirements can change between guide versions; always confirm the exact requirements in the current Dance subject guide your school is teaching before you finalize your work.

What the task is

For Composition and Analysis you create your own original choreography and submit it together with a written analysis of your compositional work. You are assessed both as a choreographer, on the danced pieces you make, and as a reflective analyst, on your written account of how and why you composed them. The recorded choreography and the accompanying written analysis are submitted toget