AE17.D.K.18

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

AE17.D.K.18
Select and deomonstrate a movement in a dance and explain why it was chosen.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Criteria for evaluating dance vary across genres, styles, and cultures.
EQ: What criteria are used to evaluate dance?

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 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

COS Examples

Example: Select a movement and explain what the movement may mean.

Aligned Learning Resources

Pinkalicious & Peterrific: Dance Creation

Pinkalicious & Peterrific: Space Dance

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