AE17.D.1.3

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 1 - Dance

AE17.D.1.3
Describe movement choices within a dance that create a beginning, middle, and end

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Essential Questions

EU: The elements of dance, dance structures, and choreographic devices serve as both a foundation and a departure point for choreographers.
EQ: What influences choice-making in creating choreography?

Skills Examples

Create movement based on music/ sound, artwork or tactile prompts.
Demonstrate a leap in a different direction, a turn on a different level or a run in different timing.
Observe a dance and discuss how it began (low level in stillness), what happened in the middle (became fast) and how it ended (dancer exit).
Discover how movements and elements can change the emotion of a dance, such as slow and curved movements can express sadness.
Perform a dance in different ways, changing the elements of the movement.
Create a personal key of symbols for movements (i.e., Jump ↑, turn ⟲, bend ↶).