9.A1.1

Use inquiry in dance to express ideas about topics of importance to youth: Generate key questions to guide inquiry in dance (e.g., Why does the media often portray youth in a negative light? How could dance help to raise awareness or bring about change on a topic of concern? In what ways could we represent through dance the positive contributions of today’s youth to life in Saskatchewan?), Determine depth and breadth of personal knowledge to identify possible areas of inquiry, Generate additional relevant questions for exploration, Use the Internet and other sources (e.g., print, digital, community) to gather ideas for dance making, Use the dance-making process to explore the central inquiry questions and ideas (e.g., How can we show through movement the determination that youth must possess to improve the future?), Keep a record of dance phrases using invented and/or traditional notation symbols, and video where possible, to explore, record, and reconstruct movements. and Reflect, analyze, and make connections between the original topic or inquiry question and subsequent dance explorations.