AE17.D.2.11

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

AE17.D.2.11
Demonstrate safe movement in a variety of spatial relationships and formations with other dancers, sharing and maintaining personal space.

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

Identify symmetrical and asymmetrical body shapes and examine relationships between body parts.
Differentiate between circling and turning as two separate ways of continuous directional change.
Recall and practice given steps or sequencing with facing or level changes (what was up, make it down, face the back instead of the front).
Create body shapes that change level and facings.
Demonstrate locomotor movement on a straight pathway, circular pathway, zig zag pathway; making clear changes when called out.
Identify the beat in metered music and execute movement on the downbeat (the 1) of duple and triple meter.
Demonstrate an accented movement (clap, stomp, or jump) only on the downbeat of a piece of music. Practice with different tempos and 2/4, 4/4, and 3/4 music.

Other examples: Waltz, triplet, walking, or marching.

Review the terms adverb and adjective and make a list of descriptive words, choose several and execute a given movement or sequence with the word in mind or explore the word with their body in free movement.

Other examples: Bouncy leap or floppy fall.

Demonstrate movement and sequencing that utilizes a variety of pathways for personal space and group formations.

Skipping across the floor followed by skipping in place.

Identify modifications for spatial placement in a dance phrase.
Repeat movement or sequencing in a group formation or group dance using an awareness of his/her own body in space and make modifications to adjust placement as needed or requested.
Practice using production elements (i.e., multimedia equipment, scenery, costumes, lighting).

Vocabulary

Space
Shape

Symmetrical
Asymmetrical

Facing
Pathway
Time:

Accented beat
Downbeat
Duple meter
Triple meter

Utilize quality of movement
Embody
Locomotor
Non-locomotor
Personal space
General space
Spatial relationship
Body awareness
Space
Projection in performance
Production elements

Anchor Standards

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Dance for Every Body

5 Ways to Add Dance and Theater to the Classroom

Leaf Man