AE17.D.3.17

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

AE17.D.3.17
Identify specific context cues from movement that relate to the main idea of the dance using basic dance terminology.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
EQ: How is dance interpreted?

Skills Examples

Explore and perform a variety of canons that include patterns of movement.
Identify recurring movements in Swan Lake.
Compare and contrast ballet and tap dance styles, focusing on the quality of movement in each style.
Compare and contrast modern dance and ballet, focusing on contract with the floor.
Create a dance phrase that tells a popular nursery rhyme and identify the movements using simple dance terminology.
Interpret a dance as sad because all of the movements are heavy and sustained.
View a live or recorded cultural dance and list the different qualities of movement [i.e., slash, punch, float, sink (Labon efforts)].
Discuss how ballet uses bound movements of the torso with free movements performed by the arms and legs.

Vocabulary

Identify patterns of movement to improve dance phrase.
Compare and contrast a variety of dance genres or styles.
Utilize dance terminology.
Identify movement relating to main idea.
Identify qualities of movement in genre: specific, style, or cultural dance.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

COS Examples

Example: Interpret a dance as sad because all of the movements are heavy and sustained.

Aligned Learning Resources

Storytelling Through Dance

Dance Your Feelings