State Curriculum - Dance

 
Grade 7
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
a. Interpret the meaning of a variety of dance studies and compare how the elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
b. Incorporate the elements of dance to develop dance studies that interpret abstract ideas and concepts
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance performance
a. Demonstrate physical attributes, such as alignment, placement, flexibility, endurance, balance, articulation, and timing, that contribute to technical proficiency in performance
b. Perform consistently a variety of dance skills with technical proficiency
c. Perform accurately and describe characteristics of dances from a minimum of three dance genres representative of world cultures
d. Reproduce memorized dances accurately
e. Explain healthful physical behaviors for dancers
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
a. Compare the physical attributes required by dances representative of diverse genres and world cultures using the language of dance
b. Describe and perform dance skills and movement sequences that improve technical proficiency
 

 

August 5, 2008