AE17.D.1.12

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

AE17.D.1.12
Modify movements through spatial arrangements.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Dancers use the mind-body connection and develop the body as an instrument for artistry and artistic expression.
EQ: What must a dancer do to prepare the mind and body for artistic expression?

Skills Examples

Demonstrate changes to level, size, direction and pathways in body shapes, locomotor and non-locomotor movement.
Create or recall locomotor movement in a variety of chosen pathways; zig zag, circular, straight (i.e., move in straight, curved, and zigzag pathways).
Join with others to make a circle, then work with others to change it to a square or line.
Create a curved shape on a low level.
Recognize steady beat and move to varying tempi of steady beat.
Observe, discuss and demonstrate changes in the energy and quality of given movement (jerky, smooth, melting, growing, bouncy, floppy).
Apply changes to a given movement sequence, making practiced steps jerky or smooth.
Question how changes in the way we do a movement can change the feel of it and also the appearance of it.
Demonstrate movement or steps in different facings and directions.

Skipping in a circle, reaching on a diagonal

Explore the space around their own body: How can they move without getting too close to another dancer, the wall, mirror, surroundings using perception of sight and body awareness.
Demonstrate unison movement in group formation (marching, skipping in a circle, etc.).
Discuss, identify and demonstrate ways to modify movement or placement in a group formation using perception of spatial awareness.
Modify an existing formation by utilizing more dance pathways.
Modify an existing dance phrase to utilize the space differently.
Perform a dance in theatre-in-the-round format.
Perform a dance in a non-traditional setting such as a football field.

Vocabulary

Elements of Space: Shape, Level, Size, Direction, Pathway
Time: Tempo/ Speed
Tempi
Energy: Movement qualities
Embody
Locomotor
Non-locomotor
Direction
Explore
Spatial Awareness
Personal space
General space
Body awareness
Dance phrase
Space
Props

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

COS Examples

Examples: Modify an existing formation by utilizing more dance pathways. Modify an existing dance phrase to utilize the space differently.