Higher

Dance · Higher

Choreography, technical performance and appreciation of professional dance works.

The course

What Dance is about

Dance combines three things: your own choreography, technical performance of learnt and set movement, and written appreciation of professional dance works.

Where it leads

What it offers you

It develops physical control, creativity and the language to talk about performance — a route into dance, performing arts and teaching.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

2026

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2025

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2024

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2023

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2022

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Dance Higher on sqa.org.uk.

All Dance levels