AE17.D.K.5

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): KG - Dance

AE17.D.K.5
Use suggestions from peers or instructors to change movement through structured improvisational activities.

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?

Skills Examples

Demonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements (i.e., running, skipping, twisting, falling).
Identify elements of movement that are personally difficult to perform and discuss how this impacts movement choice in choreography.
Identify how it feels to perform the same movement fast and slow.
Create a connected shape, improvise while disconnected, and finish back in original connected shape.
Perform improvised movement based on a famous painting.
Identify how the movement changes if an element is performed differently, such as taking the movement from a high level to a low level.
Create three movements and develop a symbol to go with each (such as ⟲ for turn).

Vocabulary

locomotor
non-locomotor
non-locomotor vs locomotor movements
elements of dance
choreography
improvisation
structure
concepts and inspiration for choreography
feedback and revision
notation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.

Aligned Learning Resources

The Science of Movement

AE17.D.K.5 Use suggestions from peers or instructors to change movement through structured improvisational activities.