AE17.D.5.12

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

AE17.D.5.12
Develop performance goals through collaboration with peer ensemble members to repeat sequences, synchronize actions, and refine spatial relationships in order to improve performance qualities.

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?

Skills Examples

Create a movement sequence that involves still shapes in various levels along with moving shapes through jumping, rolling or other dynamic movement (i.e., X-jump, C-jump, floor roll).
Improv with a call prompt "bound" and other associated words with focus on what body part is starting the movement. Follow with "free" and other associated words with focus on the initiation point. Only explore each for a short period and discuss. Could be done in small groups and they can teach the movement created, or discussed as a class as part of a larger improv.
Practice step touch, pivot turn, three-step turn, and clapping.
Discuss ways to promote muscular strength, endurance, and injury prevention. Promote healthful eating and good nutrition as proper food for the body.
Keep an ongoing list of personal dance goals.
Identify ways to improve performance qualities and collaborate with peer group to establish a list of group goals to apply to practice for a dance.
Perform a dance in two different locations, such as an auditorium and outdoor venue.
Incorporate a fog machine, strobe light, and backlit cyclorama to enhance an eerie dance.

Vocabulary

Space: shapes and pathways
dance phrase
movement phrase
rhythm
explore
core to distal movement initiation
Embody
safe practices and injury prevention
performance goals
alternate performance venue
production elements

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.