Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Choreographers analyze, evaluate, refine, and document their work to communicate meaning.
EQ: How do choreographers use self-reflection, feedback from others, and documentation to improve the quality of their work?
EQ: How do choreographers use self-reflection, feedback from others, and documentation to improve the quality of their work?
Skills Examples
- Use music, sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance, or experiences to create a dance phrase.
- Perform a dance phrase using three different levels.
- Perform a dance phrase that alters the timing of the movement.
- Create a trio from a solo by performing movements in a three-part canon.
- Create a dance based on the maid idea of "water" or "fire" and explain how the movement choices that were made express your topic.
- After performing short dance study, reflect on possible changes that could have been made and use peer feedback to revise movement.
- Draw a formation or pathway of dancers using symbols.
Vocabulary
- choreography
- prompts
- movement problem
- elements of dance
- choreographic devices
- dance study
- artistic intent
- dance phrase
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
