Dance Instructional Guide

Elements of Dance, Technique, & Performance Beginning/Introductory Dance Course

DANCE 7/8 STANDARDS:

● 7–8.D.P.1: Sculpt the body in space, and design body shapes in relation to other dancers, objects and environment; use complex foor and air patterns with direct and indirect pathways. ● 7–8.D.P.2: Analyze and select metric, kinetic, and breath phrasing, and apply appropriately to dance phrases that employ various timings. ● 7–8.D.P.3: Direct energy and dynamics in technique exercises and dance performance in such a way that movement is textured and enhanced. ● 7–8.D.P.5: Apply body-mind principles to technical dance skills when performing works in a variety of dance genres and styles. ● 7–8.D.P.9: Generate production elements that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of a dance performance; explain reasons for choices using production terminology. DANCE 1 STANDARDS: ● L1.D.P.1: Sculpt the body in space, and design body shapes in relation to other dancers, objects and environment; use complex foor and air patterns with direct and indirect pathways while maintaining a sense of spatial design and relationship. ● L1.D.P.2: Analyze and select metric, kinetic, and breath phrasing, and apply appropriately to dance phrases that employ various timings; use syncopation and rhythmic accents related to different tempi. ● L1.D.P.3: Direct energy and dynamics in technique exercises and dance performance in such a way that movement is textured and enhanced. ● L1.D.P.5: Apply body-mind principles to technical dance skills when performing works in a variety of dance genres and styles. ● L1.D.P.10: Generate production elements that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of a dance performance; explain reasons for choices using production terminology.

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:

Understand and apply elements of time, space, energy, dynamics, and body-mind principles to texture and enhance dance technique and performance. Generate and explain production elements that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of a dance performance.

Examples of Learning Intention and Success Criteria

Learning Intentions : ● I am learning how to identify and implement the elements of dance so I can communicate artistic intent in both pre-choreographed dances and my own unique choreography.

Success Criteria : I will know I have learned it when: