Courses of Study

1) Develop choreography using a variety of prompts through relating similar or contrasting ideas.

2) Demonstrate various codified movement vocabularies to express an artistic intent in choreography and explain the choices made using genre-specific dance terminology.

3) Create a dance study with a clear artistic intent using a variety of choreographic devices, and state the reasons for movement and device choices.

4) Develop artistic criteria to choreograph a dance study that communicates personal or cultural meaning and justify how the artistic criteria serve to communicate the meaning of the dance.

5) Apply feedback and self-reflection to revise a dance and explain how the changes clarify artistic intent.

6) Research a recognized system used to document a dance sequence by using words, symbols, or media technologies.

7) Incorporate body design from different dance genres and styles by strengthening knowledge of movement vocabulary of floor and air pattern designs.

8) Use timing, accents, and variations within a phrase to vary the durational approach in dance phrasing by adding interest kinesthetically, rhythmically, or visually.

9) Use the dance element of energy to describe specific movements from a variety of genres or styles, and determine what dancers must do to perform them clearly.

10) Identify healthful practices and sound nutrition in dance activities and everyday life, and identify how personal choices enhance performance.

11) Interpret knowledge of human anatomy to understand physical developmental stages in technical skills.

12) Develop group performance expectations through observations and analyses by collaborating with peers to practice and refine dances.

13) Maintain journal documenting changes and adaptations to movements in performance areas and apply feedback and corrections to future performances.

14) Use production terminology to explain how production elements would be handled differently in unique dance performance settings and venues.

15) Compare and contrast recurring patterns of movement and their relationships in dance.

16) Use genre-specific terminology to compare and contrast how the elements of dance are used in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices.

17) Explain how the artistic expression of various dances is achieved through the elements of dance technique, context, and production elements.

18) Develop artistic criteria to critique a dance by discussing the characteristics and artistic intent from a genre, style, or cultural movement practice.

19) Compare and contrast the movement characteristics and qualities found in a variety of dance genres to personal unique movement characteristics and qualities.

20) Research a historical dance genre or style and use knowledge gained to create a movement study that evokes the genre or style, then share the study with peers as part of a lecture demonstration that tells the story of the historical journey of the chosen genre or style.

21) Compare and contrast dances performed in various cultures, and formulate through research personal reasons why similarities and differences developed in relation to the perspective of each social group.