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   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 4 :

4) Illustrate an idea, feeling, or image through improvised movement.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :

13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 19 :

19) Identify an emotion that is experienced when watching, improvising, or performing dance and relate it to a personal experience.

Students will move to a variety of music and prompt from the book My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. One group of students will move while another group is the audience.  They will reflect on how the colors represent emotions and identify movements to match the emotions.  

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 3 :

3) Perform an improvisational dance that has a beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :

13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 1 :

1) Respond with movement to a variety of prompts.

Examples: music/sound, artwork, tactile

[ARTS] DAN (1) 13 :

13) Perform a dance for others in a space where audience and performers occupy different areas.

Examples: Perform a dance in theatre-in-the-round format.

Perform a dance in a non-traditional setting such as a football field.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 3 :

3) Create a dance phrase with a main idea that has a clear beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 13 :

13) Perform a dance in a space where the audience and performers occupy different areas while focusing on projecting to the audience.

[ARTS] DAN (3) 1 :

1) Improvise movements with a variety of self-identified prompts.

Examples: music/sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance experiences

Students will perform hip-hop moves while playing freeze tag. They will review previously learned hip-hop moves and perform them with a variety of music. They will perform new hip-hop moves such as the robot, punch it, and pop-boom-boo-ha-yo-cha. Working in groups, students will choreograph a dance and share it with the class.  

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 8 :

8) Demonstrate tempo changes with movements that match music or sound stimuli.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :

13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 16 :

16) Repeat, recall and respond to observed or performed dance movements.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 15 :

15) Identify a movement or movement phrase that repeats to make a pattern within a dance.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 3 :

3) Create a dance phrase with a main idea that has a clear beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 15 :

15) Recognize dance movements that develop a pattern.

Example: Identify a movement that repeats within a phrase

[ARTS] DAN (3) 3 :

3) Recognize choreographic devices to create simple movement patterns.

Examples: Retrograde, scramble/deconstruct, transposition, inversion, or fragment.

Students will mirror each other while practicing levels and a variety of tempos. They will review previously learned disco steps. They will perform four new disco moves such as John Travolta, Hips and Rolls, Out In, and The One That I Want. Students will choreograph and perform a dance using four of the disco moves.  

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 3 :

3) Perform an improvisational dance that has a beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :

13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 15 :

15) Identify a movement or movement phrase that repeats to make a pattern within a dance.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 3 :

3) Create a dance phrase with a main idea that has a clear beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 13 :

13) Perform a dance in a space where the audience and performers occupy different areas while focusing on projecting to the audience.

[ARTS] DAN (3) 11 :

11) Change levels, directions, and pathway designs safely in a dance phrase while coordinating with a partner or other dancers.

The students will review the previously learned disco steps.  Working in groups, they will choreograph a movement sequence that has a beginning, middle, and end with a pose. They will perform their dance for the class.  

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 5 :

5) Use suggestions from peers or instructors to change movement through structured improvisational activities.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 8 :

8) Demonstrate tempo changes with movements that match music or sound stimuli.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 10 :

10) Demonstrate body patterning movements and body shapes.

Example: Same side and cross-body locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :

13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

Students will watch a video about break dancing.  They will observe items in their home and around their community that move.  They will have a dance party, move to suggested motions, and react to various tempos in different songs. 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 7 :

7) Demonstrate movement and stillness using the basic elements of space, including line, shape, levels, and size.

Examples: Join with others to make a circle, then work with others to change it to a square.

Create a curved shape on a low level.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 10 :

10) Demonstrate body patterning movements and body shapes.

Example: Same side and cross-body locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 11 :

11) Move safely in general space and start/stop on cue during activities, group formations, and creative explorations while maintaining personal space.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :

13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

Students will move safely in personal and general space while creating movement phrases.  They will express themselves through a variety of shapes and movements.