Guild Rankings
The guild has a set of requirements which must
be fulfilled in order to attain a given ranking within the guild. These
are listed below, in order from beginning ranking to most advanced ranking.
Novice
"Learning"
- Actively participate in ten practices
- Be able to perform three dances
Novitiate
"Performing"
- Dance at one demo or performance
- Dance at one event
- Do one service project
- Be able to perform seven additional dances (ten total)
Acolyte
"Beginning to Teach"
- Dance at one additional demo/performance (two total)
- Dance at two additional events (three total)
- Do one additional service project (two total)
- Be able to perform ten additional dances (20 total) covering English
Country, Italian and "walking dances"(bransles, almans, pavannes)
- Perform a Saltatoris dance from memory (may be part of the above
20)
- Teach three dances
Journeyman
"Teaching"
- Dance at one additional demo or performance (three total)
- Run dance at one demo (can be part of the above three)
- Run dance at two practices
- Do one additional service project (three total)
- Teach a dance class at one event
- Be able to perform fifteen additional dances (35 total) covering
English Country, Italian, "walking dances", and Gresley
- Perform an additional Saltatoris dance from memory (may be part
of the above 35, two total Saltatoris dances)
- Teach nine additional dances (12 total)
Magister/Magistra
- Run dance at two additional demos (three total)
- Run dance at three additional practices (five
total)
- Maintain a consistent level of service
- Teach a dance class at four additional events (five total)
- Teach eighteen additional dances (30 total): cover English
Country, Italian, "walking dances", Gresleyfolk, and SCA choreography;
demonstrate both male and female parts, and identify the origin of each
dance
- Reconstruct a dance new to the group from the original source or
choreograph a dance in a documented period style
- Demonstrate dance etiquette and improvisation
Service project: service to the art of dance. This includes, but is not limited to, participating in cleaning night at the guildhall, participating in a remodeling project at the guildhall, coordinating the guild's Pennsic dance class, helping at a dance event (setting up, cleaning up), and participating (by means other than dancing) at a demo or performance.
This page was
last updated on August 29, 2011.
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