AE17.D.7.3

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 7 - Dance

AE17.D.7.3
Create a dance study with a clear artistic intent using a variety of choreographic devices, and state the reasons for movement and device choices.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: The elements of dance, dance structures, and choreographic devices serve as both a foundation and a departure point for choreographers.
EQ: What influences choice-making in creating choreography?

Skills Examples

Use Music, observed dance, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, personal experience/ recall, current news, or social events to create movement.
Examine how the choreographic process parallels the writing process and how the characteristics of writing relate to the characteristics of dance.
Apply dance-related vocabulary/ terminology to compare and discuss the choices made by different choreographers as they sought to express the same theme.
Choose an emotion (such as happiness) and apply the elements of dance to perform movements that communicate the emotion to an audience.
Apply the elements of dance to perform movements that communicate the idea that they have just received a gift.
Draw at random pieces of paper on which devices have been written—draw one from a bowl of ideas, and one from a bowl of emotions (the bowls and papers having been prepared in advance by the teacher); then, perform movements in sequence to convey what is written on one's pieces of paper.
Explore the effect of variations in tempo by performing a dance three times; then, identify any parts that could be improved. Use this evaluation to differentiate between what needs more practice and what needs to be changed.
Discuss free-and-controlled-flow and sustained-and-percussive-energy when identifying and critiquing qualities of energy in a dance.
Examine Labanotation or Benesh movement notation.
Research Labanotation or Classical Ballet terminology.

Vocabulary

choreography
prompts
codified movement
choreography
dance terminology
artistic intent
dance study
choreographic devices
artistic criteria
dance study

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

AE17.D.7.3 Create a dance study with a clear artistic intent using a variety of choreographic devices, and state the reasons for movement and device choices.