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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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Elements of Dance: Space
Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grage 3 Grade 4
Personal space and general space Spatial dimensions (size of movements within personal and general space)
Forward/backward/ sideways/diagonal Left/right Downstage/ upstage/ centre stage/ stage right and left Spatial dimensions
Moving and making shapes at high/medium/low levels
Basic floor and air pathways (straight, curvy, zigzag, polka-dot) Diagonal, angular, combined pathways (e.g., maze) Complex pathway combinations
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