Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
EQ: How is dance interpreted?
EQ: How is dance interpreted?
Skills Examples
- Compare the minimalism and repetition used in Laura Dean's Infinity in relation to Petipa's Entrance of the Shades in La Bayadere.
- Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the elements of dance in two different dance styles or genres.
- Brainstorm props, lighting design and costuming for a dance.
- Discuss what style of dance would be best suited for a dance about war.
- Collaborate to create a rubric to identify the elements of dance used to create intent.
- Articulate the differences between works by different choreographers by referencing their historical or cultural contexts.
Vocabulary
- Compare movement patterns' relationships to dance.
- Genre-specific terminology
- Cultural movement practices
- Dance Technique
- Production elements
- Context Cues
- artistic criteria
- Artistic Intent
- Genre
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
