AE17.D.5.1

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Dance

AE17.D.5.1
Develop content for choreography using ideas generated from a variety of 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

Create movement from spoken word, text, poetry, images, or nature.
Create a dance with a beginning, middle, and end that includes zigzag pathways and changes in energy.
Manipulate movement by utilizing choreographic devices such as retrograde, mirroring, or transposition.
Utilize ballet movement to create a story.
At the end of a dance study, reflect in a journal what changes were made during the process, why were they made, and what was the end result.
Record changes in choreography in a dance journal.