Course:Dance
Unit II Choreography & Performance
Big Idea: Arts are significant in daily life and can lead to one’s search for identify and personal fulfillment.
Essential Questions:What are the basic choreographic forms and how does one incorporate as well as analyze/evaluate these forms in a performance? What are the basic principles of choreography and how does a choreographer work with these principles in designing a dance? How do dancers express ideas and feelings through dance elements? Who are my favorite choreographers in dance? What is specialized dance vocabulary?
Length of Unit:8 weeks
Dance
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Students will understand that the arts fulfill a variety of purposes in society (e.g., to present issues and ideas, to entertain, to teach or persuade, to design, plan and beautify).
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Students will understand that the arts have value and significance for daily life. They provide personal fulfillment, whether in vocational settings, avocational pursuits, or leisure.
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Students will understand that the arts provide forms of nonverbal communication that can strengthen the presentation of ideas and emotions.
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Students will understand that the arts are powerful tools for understanding human experiences both past and present.
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Students will examine dance from various world cultures and explain how dance reflects the culture, cultural beliefs, or blending of cultures; use examples to illustrate how dance has directly influenced society or culture
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Students will describe and analyze the relationships between and among music, costumes, lighting, props/scenery, and choreography.
Cross-Curriculum with Drama
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Students will understand that the arts have value and significance for daily life. They provide personal fulfillment, whether in vocational settings, avocational pursuits, or leisure.
Critical Vocabulary / Choreography, artistic, interpretive, lyrical, musicality, elements of production, narrative, space-time-force, direction, pathway, levels, shape, accent, rhythm, pattern, duration, heavy/light, sharp/smooth, tense/relaxed, bound/flowing.
Dance Styles and Genres / Rumba, waltz, meringue, fox trot, line dance, tango.
Assessment / Summative
- Short answer test.
Resources / Mad Hot Ballroom dvd with supplemental teacher resources.
Research / New York City government documents (unit of study):
Program Review Connection
Writing, Arts/Humanities,
Practical Living / Arts/Humanities: Dance category expectations and requirements. Cross-curricular study with drama standards.