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   Level 5: Waka Building

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Identify, compare, and contrast, from a variety of cultures, dances that use narrative structure to tell stories (e.g., Bharata Natyam, classical ballet). Choreograph a dance that uses narrative structure to show a sequence of events in the building of a waka. Use different sections of the dance to depict the events (e.g., the hui, selection and felling of the tree by the elders and tohunga, carving, blessing, launching).
(DI, CI, UC)

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