AE17.D.2.2

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Dance

AE17.D.2.2
Connect a variety of moments while manipulating the elements of dance through locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Choreographers use a variety of sources as inspiration and transform concepts and ideas into movement for artistic expression.
EQ: Where do choreographers get ideas for dances?

Skills Examples

Execute a sequence of movements in different ways (i.e., different levels, timing, directions, body parts).
Create a dance based on a short story, with a beginning, middle and end.
Improvise movement to verbs and adjectives. Recall the movement and sequence to repeat.
Using basic stick figures to draw shapes used in a series of movements.