ALEX Resources

   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.  

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1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 4 :

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

[ARTS] DAN (0) 16 :

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

[ARTS] DAN (0) 18 :

18) Select and demonstrate a movement in a dance and explain why it was chosen.

Example: Select a movement and explain what the movement may mean.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 7 :

7) Create movement and stillness using changing elements of space.

Example: Change body shapes, levels, and facings.

Move in straight, curved, and zigzag pathways.

Move with others to form straight lines and circles.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 9 :

9) Identify and demonstrate movement qualities.

Example: Bouncy, floppy, melting, or growing.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 19 :

18) Select and demonstrate several movements in a dance and explain why they were chosen.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 2 :

2) Connect a variety of moments while manipulating the elements of dance through locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 8 :

8) Demonstrate movement on the accented beat in duple and triple meter.

Examples: Waltz, triplet, walking, or marching.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 15 :

15) Recognize dance movements that develop a pattern.

Example: Identify a movement that repeats within a phrase

In this lesson, students will learn about a range of dance styles from a video excerpt from the PBS KIDS series, PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC™. The students will then use what they have learned as inspiration to make up their own dances. After warming up by dancing like robots, which the characters do in the video, children use creative movements to imitate animals, objects, and nature. After practicing their moves, students perform their dance in a class recital.