Dance: Kindergarten

CREATING

PERFORMING

RESPONDING

CONNECTING

Explore

Plan

Revise

Express

Embody

Present

Analyze

Interpret

Critique

Synthesize

Relate

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. 

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. 

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. 

Demonstrate basic movement responses to various stimuli.

Explore different ways to do basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements by changing at least one of the elements of dance.

Perform a dance phrase that has a beginning, middle, and end.

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

Apply suggestions from peers or teacher to change movement choices in a structured improvisation.

Illustrate a dance movement by drawing a picture or using symbols.

Demonstrate motion and stillness using basic elements of space, including levels and size.

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

Identify and apply different qualities to movements.

Imitate and repeat a variety of body shapes.

Demonstrate ability to move in personal and general space. 

Safely demonstrate unison movement in a group.

Demonstrate appropriate performance etiquette while rehearsing and performing.

Select and use a prop to inspire movement.

Identify a repeated movement in a dance. 

Observe and describe movement, using simple dance terminology.

Identify and demonstrate a movement they noticed in a dance, explaining why it attracted attention.

Recognize and name an emotion they experience when watching, improvising, or performing dance. 

Express an interesting feature within a work of art through movement. 

Observe and perform a dance from a specific culture, naming movements within the dance.

Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette in a variety of venues.