State Curriculum - Dance

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Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
a. Demonstrate selected locomotor and non-locomotor movements that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
a. Identify and demonstrate basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
a. Identify and demonstrate basic and irregular locomotor and non-locomotor movements that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
a. Identify and demonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements accurately that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
a. Identify and describe the elements of dance, such as body, space, time, and energy, used in movement sequences that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
a. Explain how the elements of dance are used to communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings in movement sequences
a. Explain ways the elements of dance can be manipulated to change ideas, thoughts, and feelings communicated in movement sequences
a. Compare ways the elements of dance are manipulated by different choreographers to communicate similar meaning
a. Interpret the meaning of a variety of dance studies and compare how the elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
a. Analyze various dances to determine how the elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
b. Combine selected characteristics of the elements of dance, such as body parts and positions, shapes, levels, energy, fast and slow, and use sensory stimuli to create movement
b. Combine selected characteristics of the elements of dance, such as body parts and positions, shapes, levels, directions, general and personal space, energy, and tempo, and use sensory stimuli to create movement
b. Combine selected characteristics of the elements of dance, such as body parts and positions, shapes, levels, directions, general and personal space, energy, and tempo, and use sensory stimuli to create movement phrases
b. Combine selected elements of dance and use sensory stimuli to create movement patterns
b. Apply the elements of dance and use sensory stimuli to create movement sequences
b. Demonstrate accurately movement sequences that use the elements of dance to interpret motivational stimuli
b. Demonstrate accurately movement sequences that use the elements of dance to interpret literal ideas
b. Demonstrate accurately dance studies that use the elements of dance to interpret non-literal ideas
b. Incorporate the elements of dance to develop dance studies that interpret abstract ideas and concepts
b. Incorporate the elements of dance to develop dances that interpret a variety of stimuli
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance performance
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance performance
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance performance
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance performance
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance performance
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance performance
a. Explore locomotor and non-locomotor movements using kinesthetic awareness
a. Demonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements using kinesthetic awareness
a. Demonstrate movement phrases using kinesthetic awareness
a. Demonstrate movement patterns using kinesthetic awareness
a. Perform movement sequences demonstrating kinesthetic awareness
a. Identify the relationship between technical proficiency and physical attributes
a. Identify and explain the relationship between technical proficiency and physical attributes
a. Demonstrate physical attributes, such as alignment, placement, flexibility, and endurance, that contribute to technical proficiency in performance
a. Demonstrate physical attributes, such as alignment, placement, flexibility, endurance, balance, articulation, and timing, that contribute to technical proficiency in performance
a. Demonstrate physical attributes, such as alignment, placement, flexibility, endurance, balance, articulation, timing, power, speed, and strength, that contribute to technical proficiency in performance
b. Respond to feedback related to timing while executing locomotor and non-locomotor movements
b. Demonstrate balance and timing in directed movement experiences
b. Execute movement phrases using balance and timing effectively
b. Execute movement patterns using balance and timing effectively
b. Execute movement sequences using balance and timing effectively
b. Demonstrate the physical attributes of balance, timing, strength, and speed in movement sequences
b. Demonstrate the physical attributes of balance, timing, strength, speed, flexibility, and agility in movement sequences
b. Perform consistently basic dance skills with technical proficiency
b. Perform consistently a variety of dance skills with technical proficiency
b. Perform consistently more complex dance skills with technical proficiency
c. Perform and name selected dance movements
c. Associate selected dance movements with specific dance genres
c. Identify various movements from dance genres representative of world cultures
c. Demonstrate characteristic movements from dance genres representative of world cultures
c. Demonstrate characteristic movements from a minimum of two different genres representative of world cultures
c. Perform characteristic movements from a minimum of three different genres representative of world cultures
c. Identify origins and perform characteristic movement sequences from a minimum of three different dance genres representative of world cultures
c. Perform accurately and describe characteristics and origins of movement sequences from a minimum of three dance genres representative of world cultures
c. Perform accurately and describe characteristics of dances from a minimum of three dance genres representative of world cultures
c. Perform with technical proficiency and compare characteristic dances from a minimum of three dance genres representative of world cultures
d. Reproduce movement demonstrated by the teacher
d. Execute memorized movement phrases
d. Execute memorized movement phrases accurately
d. Execute memorized movement patterns accurately
d. Execute memorized movement sequences accurately
d. Execute memorized dance studies accurately
d. Execute memorized dance studies accurately
d. Reproduce memorized dances accurately
d. Reproduce memorized dances accurately
d. Reproduce memorized dances accurately
              e. Identify healthful physical behaviors for dancers
e. Explain healthful physical behaviors for dancers
e. Explain ways healthful physical behaviors for dancers enhance physical attributes and technical proficiency
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
a. Apply the language of dance to observed movement
a. Apply the language of dance to observed movement from different genres
a. Identify movements in phrases from different genres using the language of dance
a. Identify movement patterns from different genres using the language of dance
a. Identify movement sequences in different dance genres using the language of dance
a. Describe movement sequences in a minimum of three different dance genres using the language of dance
a. Compare movement sequences in a minimum of three different dance genres using the language of dance
a. Identify physical attributes required by dances representative of diverse genres and world cultures using the language of dance
a. Compare the physical attributes required by dances representative of diverse genres and world cultures using the language of dance
a. Analyze physical attributes and technical proficiency required by dances representative of diverse genres and world cultures using the language of dance
b. Explore the uses of dance movements
b. Select specific movements and describe their purposes
b. Select specific movements to explore and explain their purposes
b. Select specific movements from a pattern and explain their purposes
b. Select specific movements in a dance and explain their purposes
b. Explain the purpose and meaning of specific movements in selected dances
b. Explain the purpose and meaning of specific movements in a variety of dances
b. Identify dance skills and movement sequences that improve technical proficiency
b. Describe and perform dance skills and movement sequences that improve technical proficiency
b. Analyze and perform dance skills and movement sequences to improve personal technical proficiency
 

 

August 5, 2008