Dance: Grade 4

Creating

Performing

Responding

Connecting

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and works.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and works.

Refine and complete artistic works.

Analyze, interpret, and select artistic works for presentation

Develop and refine artistic works for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic works.

Identify and analyze artistic works.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic works.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic works.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make artistic works.

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

Identify and demonstrate ideas for choreography from a variety of stimuli (music/sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance, experiences).

Develop a movement problem with teacher guidance and manipulate the elements of dance using tools to find a solution.

Manipulate or modify choreographic devices to expand movement possibilities. Create and discuss a variety of movement patterns and structures. Discuss movement choices.

Develop a dance study that expresses and communicates a main idea. Discuss the reasons and effectiveness of the movement choices.

Revise movement based on peer feedback and self-reflection to improve communication of artistic intent in a short dance study. Explain choices made in the process.

Depict the relationships between two or more dancers in a dance phrase by drawing a picture or using symbols (for example, next to, above, below, behind, in front of).

Make static and dynamic shapes with positive and negative space. Perform elevated shapes (jump shapes) with soft landings and movement sequences alone and with others, establishing relationships with other dancers through focus of eyes.

Accompany other dancers using a variety of percussive instruments and sounds. Respond in movement to even and uneven rhythms. Recognize and respond to tempo changes as they occur in dance and music.

Analyze movements and phrases for use of energy and dynamic changes and use adverbs and adjectives to describe them. Based on the analysis, refine the phrases by incorporating a range of movement characteristics.

Demonstrate fundamental dance skills (for example, alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness) and movement qualities when replicating and recalling patterns and sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Execute techniques that extend movement range, build strength, and develop endurance. Explain the relationship between execution of technique, safe body-use, and healthful nutrition.

Coordinate phrases and timing with other dancers by cueing off each other and responding to stimuli cues (for example, music, text, or lighting). Reflect on feedback from others to inform personal dance performance goals

Consider how to establish a formal performance space from an informal setting (for example, gymnasium or grassy area).

Identify, explore, and experiment with a variety of production elements to heighten the artistic intent and audience experience.

Find patterns of movement in dance works that create a style or theme.

Demonstrate and explain how dance styles differ within a genre or within a cultural movement practice.

Relate movements, ideas, and context to decipher meaning in a dance using basic dance terminology.

Using basic dance terminology, discuss and demonstrate the characteristics that make a dance artistic. Apply those characteristics to dances observed or performed in a specific genre, style, or cultural movement practice.

Relate the main idea or content in a dance to other experiences. Explain how the main idea of a dance is similar to or different from one's own experiences, relationships, ideas or perspectives.

Select key aspects about a relevant topic and choreograph movements that communicate the information. Discuss what was learned from creating the dance and describe how the topic might be communicated using another form of expression.

Describe movements in a specific genre or style and explain how the movements relate to the culture, society, historical period, or community from which the dance originated.