GCSE Dance - Teaching from 2026

The GCSE Dance qualification will support the Curriculum for Wales by:

• Supporting the statements of what matters by giving learners the opportunity to:
  • explore their own creative work and other people’s, to engage them with genres, techniques, tools, materials and practices and enable them to become curious and creative individuals
  • explore their own cultural heritage and that of other people, places and times, and through this discover how the expressive arts can be used to shape and express personal, social and cultural identities
  • learn how the important skills of refinement and analysis can contribute to their creative development.
• Supporting the principles of progression by encouraging learners to:
  • explore, experience, interpret, create and respond through dance within a safe environment
  • evaluate their own and others' work
  • learn and refine different types of knowledge and skills including the techniques, processes and skills required to create and interpret
  • learn and refine different types of knowledge and skills including the techniques, processes and skills required to perform, create and interpret
  • demonstrate more sophisticated use of relevant skills and the ability to transfer existing skills and knowledge into new contexts.
• Supporting the subject specific considerations for this area by giving learners the opportunity to:
  • explore, respond to stimuli and create and reflect on their own work while engaging in rich, authentic experiences
  • build understanding of performing, choreography and dance appreciation across a range of styles.