Government of Manitoba
Dance language & performance skills

Dance language & performance skills (DA-L2)»
Students develop facility with dance techniques.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
demonstrate basic locomotor skills
(include: walk, run, hop, jump, leap, slide, gallop, and skip)

K-1 DA-L2.2

perform variations of basic locomotor skills (e.g., walk lightly at a high level, slide diagonally, run in a curved pathway) in dance experiences, individually and with a partner

2 DA-L2.2

perform dance sequences combining variations of locomotor skills

3-4 DA-L2.2

dance in a variety of formations (e.g., trios, small groups, circles, squares, parallel lines)

3-4 DA-L2.3

perform a variety of simple dance steps (e.g., step-hop, schottische, prance, triplet, grapevine, polonaise)

3-4 DA-L2.4

demonstrate basic axial movement skills in a variety of dance experiences
(include: bend/flex, stretch/extend, swing, and twist/rotate)

K-1 DA-L2.5

perform basic axial movement skills and variations of these skills (e.g., sway, push, pull, sit, kneel) in dance experiences

2 DA-L2.5

perform dance sequences combining axial movement variations

3-4 DA-L2.5

perform dance sequences combining axial and locomotor movements

3-4 DA-L2.6

 
follow basic visual and musical cues in dance experiences

K-4 DA-L2.9

perform grade-appropriate dances

K-8 DA-L2.10

 

Appendix F: Characteristics of Grade-Appropriate Dances

 

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Characteristics of grade-appropriate dance
Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
  • movement on each beat
  • no reference to right/left
  • no hand-holds
  • music with strong underlying pulse
  • formations with no partners
  • use of right-left
  • held beats at the end of phrases
  • moderate tempos
  • 2/4 and 4/4 meter
  • simple formations with partners
  • quicker tempos
  • more complex direction changes
  • less easily defined beat
  • more than two sections and/or overlapping forms
  • 2/4, 3/4, or 4/4 meter
  • simple formations with partners and/or trios
  • even dance steps
  • quicker tempos
  • more complex directions
  • changes on shorter phrases
  • multiple sections and/or overlapping forms
  • various simple and compound metres
  • various formations with partners
  • two sets of partners
  • four sets of partners
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