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Level 4
Developing Practical Knowledge in Dance (PK)
Students will use elements of dance to share personal movement vocabularies and to explore the vocabularies of others.
Developing Ideas in Dance (DI)
Students will explore and use choreographic devices to give form to dance ideas.
Communicating and Interpreting in Dance (CI)
Students will present dance for a particular purpose and record responses to their own and others' dance.
Understanding Dance in Context (UC)
Students will explore and describe how dance is used for different purposes in a variety of cultures.
Learning Examples
- Find out about dances used within wedding ceremonies of different cultures. Describe how the purpose and features of each dance relate to the ceremony. (UC)
- Individually or in groups, explore balance, and off-balance and recovery, using different body bases and equipment. Share and combine balances with others. (PK)
- Improvise movement based on contrasts (e.g., curved and angular, percussive and sustained, slow and fast). Identify and discuss personal movement preferences. (PK)
- In groups, explore and use canon as a choreographic device to develop a dance based on environmental images (e.g., an avalanche, a hurricane, tumbleweeds, waves). Share the dance with others and talk about and make notes on the effect of using canon on developing the dance idea. (DI, CI)
- List the different nationalities represented in the class or school. Identify the national dances of each country and find out about each of them (e.g., how it is performed, its accompanying music, what is worn). Select some of the dances to learn. As a class, present the dances at a multicultural assembly and share what has been learned about them. (UC, PK, CI)
- View examples of dance on video. Select a movement motif and explore variations of it (e.g., by changing its speed or direction or by using a different body part). Select four or five of these variations and develop a sequence of movements to present to others. (CI, PK, DI)
- Create a movement motif based on first name and surname rhythms. Make variations on the motif and develop a movement sequence that expresses personality aspects and interests. In pairs, share, talk about, and learn each other's sequence. Develop a duet dance that includes aspects of both movement sequences as well as new movements developed together. Present the dance to others and discuss its purpose in expressing individual identities and the pair relationship. (PK, DI, CI)
- Improvise movement based on a sports theme. Create a movement motif on this theme and notate this motif, using graphic notation. With the teacher, choreograph a class dance based on sports themes to present at a sports awards assembly. (PK, DI, CI)
- Observe and discuss the images suggested by a visual art work (e.g., a painting, photograph, film). Develop and present movement sequences that communicate images selected from the visual work. (DI, CI)
- Identify and investigate Pacific dances that use movement motifs based on community activities, such as planting, gathering, and fishing (e.g., the Tongan standing paddle dance, Samoan sasa). Individually improvise and develop a movement motif on the theme of "the school day". Share the motif within a group, and view and discuss others' motifs. Select a variety of motifs and choreograph a class dance that celebrates the experiences of school. Rehearse and present the dance at assembly, and write a report for the school newsletter about its development. (UC, PK, DI, CI)
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