Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Dance literacy includes deep knowledge and perspectives about societal, cultural, historical, and community contexts.
EQ: How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical and community experiences expand dance literacy?
EQ: How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical and community experiences expand dance literacy?
Skills Examples
- Identify appropriate/ inappropriate touch in a dance and compare to other context such as working with friends in a school setting or with siblings at home.
- Identify the beginning, middle, and end of compositions of dance and music.
- Isolate and move fractional sections of the body (half, quarter, and whole).
- Identify purposes of dance, for instance, to tell a story, build community, demonstrate a ritual, experience social interactions, or showcase movement for its own sake.
- Identify smooth and/or sharp movement within a folk dance.
Vocabulary
- Elements of dance
- Compare dance relationships to non-dance relationships.
- Connect dance to written and oral skills.
- Relate dance to culture, society, and community characteristics and values.
- Elements of dance
- Cultural Movement Practices
- Dance Literacy
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
