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Creating
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Explore
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1) Improvise movements with a variety of self-identified prompts. Examples: music/sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance experiences |
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2) Select and demonstrate a movement solution for a given movement problem. Example: Find a way to travel across the floor only on a low level. |
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Plan
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3) Recognize choreographic devices to create simple movement patterns. Examples: Retrograde, scramble/deconstruct, transposition, inversion, or fragment. |
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4) Create a dance phrase that communicates an idea or feeling and discuss the effect of the movement choices. |
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Revise
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5) Support choices for revisions based on feedback to improve a short dance study. Examples: Peer feedback or instructor feedback. |
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6) Illustrate directions or spatial pathways in a dance phrase by drawing a picture map or using a symbol. |
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Performing
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Express
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7) Perform movement sequences in and through space with intention and focus on positive and negative space. |
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8) Perform improvised movements with or against tempos and rhythms in music or sound. |
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9) Change the degree of energy used in movement to heighten the effect of intent. Example: Add force to a leap to communicate anger; change a reach by making it softer and slower to communicate gentleness |
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Embody
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10) Replicate body shapes, movements, qualities, and movement patterns in a dance sequence with awareness of body alignment. |
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11) Change levels, directions, and pathway designs safely in a dance phrase while coordinating with a partner or other dancers. |
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12) Apply constructive instructor or peer feedback to improve dance skills in a learned group dance. |
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Present
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13) Use stage directions to identify main areas of a performance space. Example: Travel from downstage right to upstage left. |
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14) Expand the impact of dance by adding production elements. Examples: Costumes, props, music, scenery, lighting or media for a dance performed for an audience in a designated specific performance space. |
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Responding
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Analyze
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15) Identify patterns of movement that enhance movement phrasing. Example: Identify recurring movements in Swan Lake. |
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16) Compare and contrast a variety of dance genres. Example: Identify similarities and differences between ballet and modern dance. |
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Interpret
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17) Identify specific context cues from movement that relate to the main idea of the dance using basic dance terminology. Example: Interpret a dance as sad because all of the movements are heavy and sustained. |
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Critique
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18) Use basic dance terminology to identify the qualities of movement observed or performed in a specific genre, style, or cultural movement practice. Example: Ballet uses bound movements of the torso with free movements performed by the arms and legs. |
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Connecting
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Synthesize
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19) Compare the relationships expressed in a dance to other relationships. Examples: near/far, over/under, around/through, friends/enemies |
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20) Present research about a key aspect of a dance in oral, written, or movement form. Example: Collect information from classmates about why they like to dance and perform a dance that includes all the feelings that were expressed. |
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Relate
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21) Explain how movements in a dance from a culture, society, or community communicate its characteristics and values. Example: Explain how the hand movements in Hawaiian dance create meaning. |
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