Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Dance literacy includes deep knowledge and perspectives about societal, cultural, historical, and community contexts.
EQ: How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical and community experiences expand dance literacy?
EQ: How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical and community experiences expand dance literacy?
Skills Examples
- Learn dances from three genres; then, when the class is divided into groups, work with one's group to observe and comment on the different qualities of each dance.
- Use the elements of dance and principles of choreography/ composition to construct, explain (using the vocabulary of dance), and perform movements.
- Listen as the teacher plays recorded music from different genres. After learning some terminology and techniques from that genre, improvise some dance movements for each piece of music.
- Discuss hip-hop dance and how African American music/ dance relates to the Civil Rights Movement. Choreograph a dance to commemorate the civil rights movement.
- Observe and discuss how the technique and styles of choreographers differ (i.e., comparing Martha Graham and José Limon).
- Differentiate between the theatrical/ artistic purpose of a post-modern dance and the archival purposes of a cultural narrative dance that has been passed down.
- Research "coming of age" rituals and choreograph a dance to highlight universal aspects of that theme.
Vocabulary
- Genre-specific dance terminology
- Movement vocabulary
- Dance movement principles
- Theme
- Dance study
- Evaluative criteria
- Artistic intent
- Choreography
- Artistic Intent
- Elements of dance
- Cultural Movement Practices
- Dance Literacy
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
