Dance: Levels 1-4: Achievement Objectives
| Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4 |
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| Developing Practical Knowledge in Dance |
Students will explore through movement the dance elements of body awareness, space, time, energy, and relationships. |
Students will identify and explore through movement the dance elements of body awareness, space, time, energy, and relationships. |
Students will explore through movement, combine, and contrast the dance elements of body awareness, space, time, energy, and relationships. |
Students will use elements of dance to share personal movement vocabularies and to explore the vocabularies of others. |
Developing Ideas in Dance |
Students will use personal experiences and imagination to express ideas in dance. |
Students will initiate and express dance ideas based on a variety of stimuli. |
Students will select, combine, and use elements of dance to develop ideas. |
Students will explore and use choreographic devices to give form to dance ideas. |
Communicating and Interpreting in Dance |
Students will share movement through informal presentation and respond personally to their own and others' dance. |
Students will share dance through informal presentation and describe how dance expresses ideas and feelings. |
Students will present dance and respond to their own and others' dance works within their school communities. |
Students will present dance for a particular purpose and record responses to their own and others' dance. |
Understanding Dance in Context |
Students will demonstrate an awareness of dance as part of community life. |
Students will demonstrate an awareness of dance as part of community life. |
Students will explore and describe how dance is used for different purposes in a variety of cultures. |
Students will explore and describe how dance is used for different purposes in a variety of cultures. |
