Artistry: Choreography-Lack of purposeful choreography

• A. flat 0.10
• B. up to 0.40
• C. up to 0.15
• D. Additional flat 0.50

Answer: (C)

In artistry, how choreography serves the piece matters: judges look for movement that clearly supports a purpose, theme, or storytelling through the dance. When there’s a lack of purposeful choreography, the performance doesn’t read as intentional or cohesive, so the artistry score is reduced, but not by a large amount—the deduction is small and capped. This reflects the idea that the flaw is real and noticeable, yet not catastrophic to the overall impression.

The best choice is the one that indicates a modest, limited deduction for this issue, rather than suggesting a large penalty. The other options imply much bigger penalties, which would overstate the impact of a lack of purposeful choreography and don’t align with how this fault is typically weighed in artistry scoring.