AE17.D.ADV.16

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

EU: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
EQ: How is dance understood?

Select a specific dance structure and develop a dance that has a theme or meaning.
Use two different dance structures and perform the same dance phrase in the structures. Discuss which structure works best with the phrase.
Observe a dance based on a chosen social issue, examine, and reflect upon the elements, principles, and forms of dance in order to refine and communicate ideas. Articulate one's understanding in an essay.
Identify and raise aesthetic questions about dance experiences and how they deepen understandings.
Use a recording of a performance to reflect upon and evaluate a dance that one choreographed; then, present one's ideas in an essay, review, or presentation.
Compare and contrast aesthetic choices in one's own choreography in two variant dances; present ideas in an essay, review, or presentation.
Create a graph of multiple opinions about choreographic choices and explain how each may have value for considering revisions.
Maintain a journal of collected opinions from multiple sources concerning your choreographic choices.

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Example: Present the evolution of costume design through a period of time in any specific genre.