Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 6 - Dance

AE17.D.6.11

Apply basic anatomical knowledge and spatial awareness to prepare for warm-ups and dancing.

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

  • Establish diverse pathways, levels, and patterns in space.
  • Convert inward focus to outward focus in an effort to project from the stage.
  • Demonstrate accented vs sustained movement by changing the music and performing a phrase with different quality.
  • Practice soutenu turns across the floor once with focus on an accented initiation, then with focus on a drawn out sustained ending point.
  • Practice changing the accented movement by repeating the same 8 count phrase with the accent moving from count 1, then count 2, and so on.
  • Use the practice of alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement in dance phrases.
  • Discuss injury prevention and safety. Determine additional stretches or conditioning for meeting personal goals.
  • Design a group shape phrase: each member presents (teaches) 3 shapes using high, middle, low level. After presenting the group decides on an order. Next, use transitions to link shapes or series of shapes and incorporate at least 3 different pathways. Work out different ideas until reaching a successful solution.
  • Discuss and identify performance etiquette guidelines.
  • Use a variety of self-assessment methods for maintaining performance goals including journaling strengths and weaknesses, video assessment, journaling note, and feedback.
  • Discuss and identify production elements successfully used in several pieces crossing different genres of dance.
  • List, compare, and contrast qualities of production elements. Determine which would be more successful to intensify the artistic intent of a given or created piece of work. Present to the class and explain why certain elements were chosen.

Vocabulary

  • Spatial Design
  • Spatial Awareness
  • Dynamics
  • Dance phrase
  • sustained and percussive
  • Energy: bound and free-flowing
  • Embody
  • technical dance skills
  • anatomical knowledge
  • injury prevention and safety
  • problem solving
  • Performance etiquette
  • Production terminology
  • Production elements
  • Artistic intent

Anchor Standards

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