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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

Elaboration (2) ACADAR018

Considering viewpoints – philosophies and ideologies: What philosophical, ideological or political perspectives does the dance work represent, or how do these perspectives affect the audience’s interpretation?

Learning Area Achievement Standard Dance Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students describe artworks they make and those to which they respond. They consider where and why people make artworks. Students use the elements and processes of arts subjects to make and share artworks that represent ideas. …

Achievement Standard Dance Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students describe the effect of the elements in dance they make, perform and view and where and why people dance. Students use the elements of dance to make and perform dance sequences that demonstrate fundamental movement skills …

Years 7 and 8 Dance

In Dance, students: make and respond to dance independently and with their classmates, teachers and communities explore dance as an art form through choreography, performance and appreciation build on their awareness of the body through body part …

Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Years 9 and 10 Dance

In Dance, students: build on their awareness of the body and how it is used in particular dance styles extend their understanding and use space, time, dynamics and relationships to expand their choreographic intentions extend the combinations of …

Years 9 and 10 | 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 …

Elaboration (2) ACADAM001

exploring movement possibilities in response to a stimulus, such as imagery, music and shared stories

Elaboration (2) ACADAM002

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – How are you communicating the ideas or intention in this dance? forms and elements: Which levels are you using in your dance?

Elaboration (2) ACADAM003

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What did this dance make you think about? Did the dance movements remind you of anything? How are you communicating the ideas or intention in this dance?

Elaboration (2) ACADAR004

recognising that dance can show that people have different feelings about the world based on their experiences of the environment and other people

Elaboration (2) ACADAM005

altering movements in a set, teacher-directed or student-devised dance using the elements of space, time, dynamics and relationships to express ideas, for example, increasing the size of a movement to represent growth

Elaboration (2) ACADAM006

demonstrating safe dance practices, for example, warming up their bodies before executing more complex movement patterns in dance sequences and cooling/calming down afterwards; removing socks if the floor surface is slippery (and clean)

Elaboration (2) ACADAM007

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – Is there a story in the dance? How are you using grouping or pathways to communicate ideas or intentions in your dance?

Elaboration (2) ACADAR008

Considering viewpoints – societies and cultures: For example – Do you recognise new movements in the dance? Why do you think people from different cultures dance? Where are these dances performed?

Elaboration (2) ACADAM009

exploring character and mood by experimenting with elements of dance in a range of set, teacher-directed or student-devised dances

Elaboration (2) ACADAM010

rehearsing a range of learnt and devised dances with an awareness and appreciation of their body capabilities

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