AE17.D.AC.20

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

AE17.D.AC.20
Investigate a topic and collaboratively create a dance while transferring the learning from this project to other learning situations.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: As dance is experienced, all personal experiences, knowledge, and context are integrated and synthesized to interpret meaning.
EQ: How does dance deepen our understanding of ourselves, other knowledge, and events around us?

Skills Examples

Examine dance, music, and visual arts as they progress through the eras and identify commonalities among their respective stylistic developments.
Articulate (verbally or in writing) how the skills gained through dance will benefit a person in the workforce.
Examine societal issues related to dance, such as "What is my position on censorship of the arts?" or "Which dances should be allowed at prom?" Present ideas in writing or in a presentation.
Compose, choreograph, produce, and create individual and collaborative performances, productions, and projects, such as musicals, operas, art shows, and live theatrical performances
Examine The Green Table (by German choreographer Kurt Joos) in relation to peace negotiations in the 1930s; then, present one's understanding in writing or presentation.
Analyze and demonstrate how styles of dance (such as ballet, tap, and hip-hop) reflect the cultures in which they were formed; then, present one's understanding.

Vocabulary

Evaluative Criteria
Context Cues
Artistic Expression
Capstone Project
Choreography
Dance Work
Elements of dance
Cultural Movement Practices
Dance Literacy

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.

COS Examples

Example: Create a movement model of the DNA molecule and how it may mutate to develop an understanding of cancer.