AE17.D.3.4

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

AE17.D.3.4
Create a dance phrase that communicates an idea or feeling and discuss the effect of the movement choices.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: The elements of dance, dance structures, and choreographic devices serve as both a foundation and a departure point for choreographers.
EQ: What influences choice-making in creating choreography?

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.