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Foundation to Year 2 Dance

In Foundation to Year 2, learning in The Arts builds on the Early Years Learning Framework. Students are engaged through purposeful and creative play in structured activities, fostering a strong sense of wellbeing and developing their connection with …

Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 3 and 4 Dance

In Years 3 and 4, learning in The Arts builds on the experience of the previous band. It involves students making and responding to artworks independently and collaboratively with their classmates and teachers. As they experience The Arts, students draw …

Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 5 and 6 Dance

In Years 5 and 6, students draw on artworks from a range of cultures, times and locations. They explore the arts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and of the Asia region and learn that they are used for different purposes. While the arts …

Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Rationale Dance

This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Dance is expressive movement with purpose and form. Through dance, students represent, question and celebrate human experience, using the body as the instrument and movement …

Rationale | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Aims Dance

In addition to the overarching aims of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, dance knowledge, understanding and skills ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students develop: body awareness and technical and expressive skills to communicate through …

Aims | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Structure Dance

Learning in Dance Learning in Dance involves students exploring elements, skills and processes through the integrated practices of choreography, performance and appreciation. The body is the instrument of expression and uses combinations of the elements …

Structure | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Dance

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through dance. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through dance practices focusing on: Body body awareness – awareness of body in space in …

Example of knowledge and skills | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Learning Area Achievement Standard Dance Years 5 and 6

By the end of Year 6, students explain how ideas are communicated in artworks they make and to which they respond. They describe characteristics of artworks from different social, historical and cultural contexts that influence their art making. Students …

Achievement Standard Dance Years 5 and 6

By the end of Year 6, students explain how the elements of dance, choreographic devices and production elements communicate meaning in dances they make, perform and view. They describe characteristics of dances from different social, historical and cultural …

ACADAM003

Present dance that communicates ideas to an audience, including dance used by cultural groups in the community

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACADAR008

Identify how the elements of dance and production elements express ideas in dance they make, perform and experience as audience, including exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance

Elaborations ScOT Terms

Elaboration (1) ACADAM003

expressing ideas to an audience through movement, for example, showing contrasting dynamics by stamping heavily and tip-toeing lightly, or using movement qualities such as slow controlled sinking to the floor to express melting ice and sharp jerky movement …

Elaboration (4) ACADAM003

using expressive skills to engage the audience, for example, looking out to audience and using facial expression

Elaboration ACADAM007

using expressive skills of projection and focus to communicate dance ideas to an audience (school assembly, community festival, etc.); for example, looking out and up to the ceiling and extending movements outwards to express a feeling of joy

Elaboration (5) ACADAM007

respecting other students’ dancing when dancing and being an attentive audience member

Elaboration (1) ACADAR008

comparing the expectations and requirements of performers and audience in different cultural settings

Elaboration ACADAM011

developing expressive skills of focus, clarity of the movement, confidence and facial expression/character to present dance ideas in performance for an intended audience

Elaboration (1) ACADAM011

Considering viewpoints – forms and elements: For example – How did the dancers/you use space and energy to create a feeling of strength/isolation/happiness? What is the relationship between the dancers and the audience? What relationship are you aiming …

Elaboration (2) ACADAM011

applying the elements of dance in dance contexts to communicate ideas to audience, for example, stop and start/percussive arm and upper body movements to express basketball actions in a game, or rhythmic and accented movement to express the passage of …

Elaboration (3) ACADAM011