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Types of Dance Research

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Title:

Types of Dance Research

URL:

https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/90036/overview?section=1

Content Source:

Other
Open Educational Resources Commons

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

The students will choose a type of dance and research a description, history, and equipment needed for the dance. A Google Doc is included to be copied and shared with students.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 6
Dance

20) Use a variety of resources to research a social topic of great interest and use the information to create a dance study that expresses a specific point of view on the topic.

Example: Inappropriate use of social media, bullying, friendships, self-esteem, body shaming, philanthropy.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Connecting

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.

Process Components: Synthesize

Essential Questions:

EU: As dance is experienced, all personal experiences, knowledge, and context are integrated and synthesized to interpret meaning.
EQ: How does dance deepen our understanding of ourselves, other knowledge, and events around us?

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Genre-specific dance terminology
Movement vocabulary
Dance movement principles
Theme
Dance study
Evaluative criteria
Artistic intent
Choreography
Artistic Intent
Elements of dance
Cultural Movement Practices
Dance Literacy

Skill Examples:

Learn dances from three genres; then, when the class is divided into groups, work with one's group to observe and comment on the different qualities of each dance.
Use the elements of dance and principles of choreography/ composition to construct, explain (using the vocabulary of dance), and perform movements.
Listen as the teacher plays recorded music from different genres. After learning some terminology and techniques from that genre, improvise some dance movements for each piece of music.
Discuss hip-hop dance and how African American music/ dance relates to the Civil Rights Movement. Choreograph a dance to commemorate the civil rights movement.
Observe and discuss how the technique and styles of choreographers differ (i.e., comparing Martha Graham and José Limon).
Differentiate between the theatrical/ artistic purpose of a post-modern dance and the archival purposes of a cultural narrative dance that has been passed down.
Research "coming of age" rituals and choreograph a dance to highlight universal aspects of that theme.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 7
Dance

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.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Connecting

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.

Process Components: Synthesize

Essential Questions:

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Aesthetics
Elements of Dance
Genres
Artistic Expression
Movement phrase
Dance study
Choreography
Genre
Style
Genre-Specific Terminology
Similarities and differences
Artistic Intent
Cultural Movement Practices
Dance Literacy

Skill Examples:

Watch film clips of different professional dancers performing (or watch the teacher demonstrate) different styles or genres of dance; then, compare and discuss the dancers' use of time, weight, and space in each style or genre (i.e., compare ballet and modern dance).
Participate in an exercise in which the students compare their normal, everyday locomotor movements to their movements when they walk in a jazzy style. Discuss how emotions are communicated by means of different movements.
Research the relationship between oppressive societies and the suppression of dance.
Research the roaring twenties to create a movement study depicting the style of dance during that era.
Observe two or more dances from different localities/ communities; then, consider their purpose (to entertain, to celebrate, to build community, to worship, etc.), the influence of climate and geography, or the dance's relationship to historical events.
Gather examples of dances from three different localities/ communities (for example, Hawaii, the American Midwest, and Mexico); then, compare and contrast the dances and discuss the factors that influenced each dance's development.

Tags:

dance types, research

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Tiffani Stricklin

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Types of Dance Research