AE17.D.8.10

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 8 - Dance

AE17.D.8.10
Utilize technical dance skills to replicate, recall, and execute spatial designs and musical or rhythmical dance phrases.

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

Explore mirroring with a partner, both locomotor and stationary.
Use flocking to begin a warm up; each facing change brings a new leader to demonstrate or lead the next step of the warm up.
Perform dance phrases of different lengths that use various timing.
Use different tempos in different body parts at the same time.
Inhale on the descent of the plie' and exhale on the rise.
Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness of technical skills including: body alignment, coordination, balance, core support, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility/ range of motion.
Discuss nutritional choices made in relation to energy efficiency, the effects experienced, and methods for making improvements.
Create and maintain a rehearsal schedule, journal, video portfolio, or timeline, noting personal areas of improvement and strategies for future improvement.
Demonstrate leadership qualities such as: commitment, dependability, and responsibility.
Discuss and identify production elements that would successfully enhance the audience's experience of the artistic intent of the dance. Implement a plan to accomplish that in a performance either for class or other venue.

Vocabulary

space
Kinetic sense
dance phrase
tempo
use of breath
energy
dynamics
embody
technical dance skills
spatial designs
healthy practices
injury prevention
performance goals
Nutrition
Self-assessment
leadership qualities
production elements

Anchor Standards

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

COS Examples

Examples: Body alignment, coordination, balance, core support, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility/range of motion.