Seventh Grade

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

7.CN.1 Relate dance ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

7.CN.2 Explore advancements in the field of dance.

7.CR.1 Create original dance movements and works that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, or images, independently and collaboratively.

7.CR.2 Adapt original dance ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

7.PR.1 Perform dance works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

7.PR.2 Develop dance presentations.

7.RE.1 Analyze dance from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

7.RE.2 Evaluate dance works using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze how individuals and groups of dancers have influenced various cultures.

Identify dance skills and processes that are both a part of, and can be applied to, academic study and daily life.

Evaluate strategies to improve anatomical alignment and decrease psychological stressors encountered by dancers.

Identify dance skills, characteristics, and behaviors that contribute to success in post-secondary education and career readiness.

Describe the use of digital media in a variety of dance performances.

Improvise movement in response to cues from a partner or group.

Create dance phrases using selected sequences of abstract movement and simple choreographic forms.

Document an original dance sequence using pictures or symbols, writing, or media technology.

Adapt a dance phrase by changing the dynamics of the movement.

Identify the legal and ethical issues for creating dance inspired by the ideas of others.

Use feedback from peers, instructors, and self to refine dance performance quality.

Embody technical dance skills with muscular strength, alignment, flexibility, stamina, and coordination.

Demonstrate clarity of movement and movement qualities.

Develop a relevant theme or topic, including music selection, for a group performance.

Identify the expected safe and respectful behaviors for participants, performers, and observers in various cultural contexts.

Compare a variety of possible production elements that would strengthen the artistic intent of a dance, using production terminology.

Explain how the elements of dance are used in various dance genres.

Describe how personal experiences and perspectives influence interpretations of dance works.

Explain how personal preferences for dance change when considering multiple viewpoints.

Identify strengths and areas for improvement based on student-generated criteria when viewing dance performance and choreography.