Government of Manitoba
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

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
use movement to demonstrate understanding of the body as the dancer’s instrument

5-8 DA-L1.1
Appendix A: The Body
use movement to demonstrate an integrated understanding of space in dance: dimensions, directions, levels, and pathways)

5-8 D-L1.2
Appendix B: Space
use movement to demonstrate understanding of relationships in dance

5-8 D-L1.3
Appendix C: Relationships
create varied movement qualities by combining motion factors in dance

5-8 D-L1.4
Appendix E: Movement Qualities
use movement to demonstrate understanding of expressive gestures (e.g., social, ritualistic, functional, emotional, character) in dance

5-8 D-L1.5
use appropriate dance vocabulary to label, describe, and analyze elements of dance

5-8 D-L1.6

*Elements of dance: the body, space, relationships, and motion factors and gestures, movement qualities, and expressive gestures
See Appendices A to E.