AE17.D.K.15

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

AE17.D.K.15
Identify a movement that repeats in a dance.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
EQ: How is dance understood?

Skills Examples

Identity recurring movements in an observed dance phrase (i.e., chaîne turns, step touch, marching, waving arms, and/or shoulder rolls). Demonstrate short and simple movement phrase that students can copy (i.e., step hop, step hop, chasse, chasse, step clap, step clap).
Perform simple social dance that students can copy (i.e., electric slide, chicken dance).
Perform simple dance movements and allow students to identify movements (i.e., plie, contraction, flexed foot, chasse, tendu).
Select a movement and explain what the movement may mean (i.e., jumping to show joy, slow walks to show exhaustion, hiding behind hands to show fear).

Vocabulary

Recurring movement
Dance terminology
Movement choices

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Aligned Learning Resources

Line Dancing the Kindergarten Way!

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