Dance: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Movement Elements

Choreography

Dance and Meaning

Dance and Thinking Skills

Dance, History, and Culture

Dance and Personal Wellness

Dance and Other Disciplines

Students understand movement elements and skills in dance.

Students understand choreographic principles processes and structures.

Students understand dance as a way to create and communicate meaning.

Students apply critical and creative thinking skills in dance.

Students understand the historical development of dance and its relationship to various cultures.

Students understand the connection between dance and personal wellness.

Students understand the connections between dance and other disciplines.

Use appropriate technique in dance.

Know complex steps and patterns from various dance styles and traditions.

Understand the importance of using various complex time elements.

Understand the principles governing combinations and variations in a broad, dynamic range.

Understand why it is important to project in dance.

Understand the importance of structures and forms of movement.

Understand the use of improvisation to generate movement.

Understand how movement choices are used to relate to abstract ideas and themes in dance.

Understand how interpretation of dance can be influenced by personal experience.

Establish a set of aesthetic criteria for evaluation.

Formulate and answer aesthetic questions.

Know the similarities and differences among various contemporary theatrical forms of dance.

Know dance pioneers as an index to the artistic and social values of civilization.

Understand how dance and dancers are portrayed in contemporary media.

Know the traditions and techniques of classical dance forms.

Know how lifestyle choices affect dancers.

Understand the significance of historical and cultural images of the body in dance.

Know how dance is similar to and different from other disciplines.

Know how technology can be used to reinforce, enhance, or alter dances.