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Dance language & performance skills

Dance language & performance skills (DA-L1)»
Students demonstrate understanding of and facility with the elements of dance* in a variety of contexts.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
use movement to demonstrate understanding of the body in dance: body parts, body shapes, and body actions

K-4 DA-L1.1
Appendix A: The Body
use movement to demonstrate understanding of space in dance: personal and general space, demensions, directions, levels , and pathways

K-4 DA-L1.2
Appendix B: Space
use movement to demonstrate understanding of relationships in dance: relationships among dancers and between dancers and objects

K-4 DA-L1.3
Appendix C: Relationships
  demonstrate understanding that motion factors (time, weight, and flow) and gestures in dance can be used to create an endless range of movement qualities

K-4 DA-L1.4
Appendix D: Motion Factors and Gestures
 use appropriate dance vocabulary to label and describe elements of dance

K-4 DA-L1.6

*Elements of dance: the body, space, relationships, and motion factors and gestures
 See Appendices A to D.

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Key Concepts: The Body
The Body Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Parts: Explore movement potential of body parts, joints and surfaces. Control the movement of body parts, joints and surfaces.
  Lead movement with body parts, joints and surfaces
  Explore flexion, extension, rotation  play 
Shapes: Create body shapes Hold balanced body shapes from standing, sitting and kneeling
Demonstrate on/off balance Explore relationships among body parts within body shapes Identify body shapes as rounded, angular or straight
Actions: Explore an ever increasing range of body actions in dance:
For Example:
run, turn, crawl, skip, roll, jump, stillness
....
twists, shrinks, kicks, falls, turns, collapses

 

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