AE17.D.PRO.5

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Dance

AE17.D.PRO.5
Manipulate dance elements, choreographic devices, and dance structures in an original dance, incorporating feedback from others to clarify artistic intent.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Choreographers analyze, evaluate, refine, and document their work to communicate meaning.
EQ: How do choreographers use self-reflection, feedback from others, and documentation to improve the quality of their work?

Skills Examples

Create movement based on current events, sculptures, nature, or recognized works of art.
Use understanding of design principles (form/design, theme, repetition, balance, contrast, emphasis, and variety) to set spatial arrangements and formations.
Choose the best choreographic device to express returning to the main idea at the end of a dance.
Select two choreographic devices used within a selected choreographic structure to create a dance.
Create or use an appropriate rubric for self-evaluation and reflection.
Use learned technique in collaboration with peers to set spatial arrangements and formations.
Use movement motifs to develop dance phrases. Create dances using identifiable choreographic forms, such as ABA, canon, and theme and variation.
Research statements from accomplished choreographers concerning their choreography to develop an artistic statement appropriate for the student choreographer (i.e., Merce Cunningham, Jiri Kylian, Martha Graham, Trisha Brown).
Justify the use of circular formations and connected shapes during the choreographic process to convey community.
Use video (or other technology) or create graphs and floor plans to inform the process when developing choreography and understand staging.
Demonstrate the ability to use feedback selectively to revise choreography.
Identify a way to document a dance by experimenting with different methods of documentation.

Vocabulary

prompts
improvisation
choreographic devices
choreography
choreographic structure
artistic statement
choreographic devices
choreography
choreographic devices

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.