AE17.D.3.1

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 3 - Dance

AE17.D.3.1
Improvise movements with a variety of self-identifed prompts.

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

Use a variety of prompts for inspiration (i.e., music/ sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance experiences).
Find a way to travel across the floor only using a low level.
Select a choreographic device and create a dance phrase (i.e., retrograde, scramble/ deconstruct, transposition, inversion, or fragment).
Create a short movement phrase and perform with "sad" emotion then "happy" emotion. Discuss how the movement changed.
Discuss and use peer feedback or instructor feedback.
Create a floor map, using different colors for different levels of movement.