AE17.D.5.5

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

AE17.D.5.5
Explain artistic choices and refinement made through feedback to develop the artistic intent of a short dance study.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Choreographers analyze, evaluate, refine, and document their work to communicate meaning.
EQ: How do choreographers use self-reflection, feedback from others, and documentation to improve the quality of their work?

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.

Vocabulary

choreography
prompts
movement problems
choreography
elements of dance
choreographic devices
structure
codified movement
style
dance study
concept and inspiration for choreography
dance study
feedback and revise
notate

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.

AE17.D.5.5 Explain artistic choices and refinement made through feedback to develop the artistic intent of a short dance study.