AE17.D.3.2

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

AE17.D.3.2
Select and demonstrate a movement solution for a given movement problem.

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.

Vocabulary

prompts
use elements of dance
movement problem
choreographic devices
structure
dance phrase
concept and inspirations for choreography
feedback and revision
dance study
notation
dance phrase

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

COS Examples

Example: Find a way to travel across the floor only on a low level.

Aligned Learning Resources

Dancing Shape Attributes

Levels and Partners

Making Patterns

AE17.D.3.2 Select and demonstrate a movement solution for a given movement problem.