Dance
Overall Expectations:
A1. Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to the composition of simple dance phrases, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas;
A2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of dance pieces and experiences;
A3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of dance forms and styles from the past and present, and their social and/or community contexts.
Students in Grade 5 will develop or extend understanding of the following concepts through participation in various dance experiences (e.g., communicating images and ideas through movement), with particular emphasis on relationship.
ELEMENTS OF DANCE
A1. Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to the composition of simple dance phrases, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas;
A2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of dance pieces and experiences;
A3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of dance forms and styles from the past and present, and their social and/or community contexts.
Students in Grade 5 will develop or extend understanding of the following concepts through participation in various dance experiences (e.g., communicating images and ideas through movement), with particular emphasis on relationship.
ELEMENTS OF DANCE
- body: body awareness, use of body parts, body shapes, locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body bases, symmetry versus asymmetry, geometric versus organic shape, angular versus curved shape
- space: levels, pathways, directions, pattern, positive versus negative space, various group formations, proximity of dancers to one another
- time: tempo, rhythm (e.g., regular, irregular), pause, stillness, with music, without music, duration
- energy: effort, force, quality (e.g., slash, press, shrink, open)
- relationship: meet/part, follow/lead, emotional connections between dancers, groupings