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
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
ACADAR004
Respond to dance and consider where and why people dance, starting with dances from Australia including dances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAR004 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
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
ACADAR008 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAR012
Explain how the elements of dance and production elements communicate meaning by comparing dances from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAR012 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAR019
Identify and connect specific features and purposes of dance from contemporary and past times to explore viewpoints and enrich their dance-making, starting with dance in Australia and including dance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAR019 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAR026
Analyse a range of dance from contemporary and past times to explore differing viewpoints and enrich their dance making, starting with dance from Australia and including dance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and consider dance in international …
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAR026 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACADAM003
exploring the movements in dances with representatives of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, for example, creating movements that represent animals from their region
Elaboration (3) | ACADAM003 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACADAR012
identifying and discussing meanings and significance intended by the choreographer’s use of movement, space and energy, referring to their knowledge of the context in which the dance was created, for example, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander dance, …
Elaboration (2) | ACADAR012 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACADAR012
discussing social and cultural influences to recognise the role of dance and dancers in societies, cultures, environments and times, for example, conventions of a Kecak dance from Bali, or the protocols for performing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …
Elaboration (4) | ACADAR012 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACADAR019
Considering viewpoints – societies: For example – How does this dance relate to its social context and that of its audience? What are the protocols for viewing and performing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dances?
Elaboration (3) | ACADAR019 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACADAR019
observing and identifying stylistic similarities and differences in both traditional and contemporary dances, for example, dances from Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people and Asian communities
Elaboration (4) | ACADAR019 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACADAM024
manipulating the elements of dance in performance to interpret a choreographer’s style and intent in contemporary styles, such as Aboriginal hip hop
Elaboration (3) | ACADAM024 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACADAR026
investigating the influence of Australian dance artists, companies and practices, including Australians who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and those of Asian heritage
Elaboration | ACADAR026 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum