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?
EQ: What must a dancer do to prepare the mind and body for artistic expression?
Skills Examples
- Perform elevated shapes by jumping in a tucked position (positive space) vs. jumping in a jumping jack formation (large negative spaces).
- Create a sculpture by filling in the negative space created by a partner.
- Respond to even and uneven rhythms using a variety of percussive instruments and sounds.
- Use adjectives and adverbs to describe a movement phrase and identify movement quality. Revise the phrase with energy changes and discuss how/ what changed.
- Demonstrate alignment, coordination, balance, core support, and kinesthetic awareness while executing movement.
- Discuss and practice body conditioning for the dancer.
- Enter stage after eight counts of music, or wait until lights go up for bow.
- Plan out a performance in a different setting such as a gym, studio, or park.
- View a dance under different lighting and select the most effective lighting design.
Vocabulary
- Static and Dynamic Shapes
- Negative Space
- Rhythms
- Qualities of Movement
- Use of Energy
- Dynamics
- alignment
- kinesthetic awareness
- importance of conditioning
- performance space
- explore
- production elements
- artistic intent
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
