AE17.D.8.17

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

AE17.D.8.17
Observe a dance and explain how artistic expression is achieved through relationships among the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, and context, and provide evidence to support your interpretation using genre-specific dance terminology.

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?

Skills Examples

Improvise a short dance phrase that can be repeated and describe how it is related to the context of a dance and artistic intent.
Sustain the developpe in an adagio to extend the classical line.
Utilize plie to perform a hip hop skill.
Observe Alwin Nikolais's Noumenon and discuss how the movement, costuming, lighting, and sound score created intent for the choreography.
Write a critique on an observed dance work using an established outline of topics to cover.
Consider the use of musical form as patterns to express ideas, such as canon to express a fear that finds some relief but just keeps returning, or motif and development to express a nagging feeling that won't go away, and each time it comes back it gets worse. Patterns of movement by nature may represent ideas for the artistic intent.

Vocabulary

Describe and perform recurring patterns of movement.
genre-specific terminology
elements of dance
genres
styles
culture movement practice
artistic expression relationships
Evaluate choreography using artistic criteria.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

COS Examples

Example: Observe Alwin Nikolais’ Noumenon and discuss how the movement, costuming, lighting, and sound score create intent for the choreography.

Aligned Learning Resources

Swoop, Lift, and Leap to the Lore