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| | | | Movement Elements in Performing Arts |
1-3, 5 | | 1, 2 | | a. Participate in dance activities, showing understanding of personal and shared space. |
1-5 | | | | b. Demonstrate the following movement skills and explain the underlying principals: alignment, balance, initiation of movement, articulation of isolated body parts, weight shift, elevation and landing, fall and recovery. |
1-6 | 1, 2, 7, 8 | 1 | | c. Accurately identify and demonstrate basic dance steps, as well as positions and patterns for dance from two different styles or traditions. |
4, 6 | | | | d. Accurately transfer a rhythmic pattern from the aural to the kinesthetic. |
1-5 | | | | e. Demonstrate increasing kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus in executing movement skills. |
4, 6 | | | | f. Accurately transfer a spatial pattern from the visual to the kinesthetic. |
1-6 | | | | g. Demonstrate movements in straight, curved, and zigzag pathways. |
1-5 | | | | h. Identify and clearly demonstrate a range of dynamics/movement qualities. |
| | 1, 2, 5 | | i. Describe the action and movement elements observed in a dance, using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary. |
1-4 | | | | j. Demonstrate accurate memorization and reproduction of movement sequences. |
1-4 | | | | k. Create shapes at low, middle, and high levels. |
| 1-8 | | | l. Demonstrate and understand dance in various cultures and historical periods. |
| | | | Choreographic Principles, Process, and Structure |
1-6 | | 1-3 | | a. Demonstrate clearly the principles of contrast and transition. |
1-6 | | 1-3 | | b. Demonstrate effectively the processes of reordering and chance. |
1-5 | | | | c. Use improvisation to discover and invent movement to solve movement problems. |
1-5 | | 1 | | d. Demonstrate successfully the structures or forms of AB, ABA, canon, call and response, and narrative. |
1-5 | | 1 | | e. Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively in a small group during the choreographic process. |
1-5 | | 1 | | f. Demonstrate the following partner skills in a visually interesting way: creating contrasting and complementary shapes, taking and supporting weight. |