UP:AE17.D.5.1

Vocabulary

choreography
prompts
movement problems
choreography
elements of dance
choreographic devices
structure
codified movement
style
dance study
concept and inspiration for choreography
dance study
feedback and revise
notate

Essential Questions

EU: Choreographers use a variety of sources as inspiration and transform concepts and ideas into movement for artistic expression.
EQ: Where do choreographers get ideas for dances?

Skills Examples

Create movement from spoken word, text, poetry, images, or nature.
Create a dance with a beginning, middle, and end that includes zigzag pathways and changes in energy.
Manipulate movement by utilizing choreographic devices such as retrograde, mirroring, or transposition.
Utilize ballet movement to create a story.
At the end of a dance study, reflect in a journal what changes were made during the process, why were they made, and what was the end result.
Record changes in choreography in a dance journal.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.