AE17.D.1.17

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

AE17.D.1.17
Use dance terminology to describe an observed movement and explain how the movement captures a specific idea.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
EQ: How is dance interpreted?

Skills Examples

View recorded or live dance phrases and identify patterns (i.e., Trisha Brown's Accumulation).
Observe an example of a simple canon.
Tap: flap, toe heel, shuffle, dig step
Ballet: plié, tendu, rond de jambe, chaîne
African Dance: hand waves, step touch, hops
View a recorded dance work and discuss what the dance may be about. Hypothesize the meaning of dance work (i.e., Alvin Ailey's Revelation, Martha Graham's Lamentation).
Improvise movement to specific music to evoke specific emotion
Explore and explain dance choices (i.e., Shaking hands to express frustration, holding heart to express love, pointing to ring finger to express marriage, saluting to express patriotism).

Vocabulary

Identify recurring movement.
Identify movements in culture dance or genre.
Utilize dance terminology to communicate.
Explain dance choices.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.