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
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
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 …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
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 …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAM003
Present dance that communicates ideas to an audience, including dance used by cultural groups in the community
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAM003 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAM007
Perform dances using expressive skills to communicate ideas, including telling cultural or community stories
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAM007 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACADAM011
Perform dance using expressive skills to communicate a choreographer’s ideas, including performing dances of cultural groups in the community
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAM011 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | 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
Elaboration ACADAR004
identifying where they might experience dance in their lives and communities, for example, considering how dance sustains and communicates cultural knowledge
Elaboration | ACADAR004 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACADAM007
exploring the elements of dance to communicate ideas clearly, such as telling cultural stories in a dance with or without music; for example, travelling lightly using hands and feet to represent a bilby, or skipping vigorously and at a high level to express …
Elaboration (1) | ACADAM007 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACADAR008
identifying meaning and describing purposes in dances from different social, cultural or historical contexts such as dances that include digital, visual or theatrical elements
Elaboration | ACADAR008 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACADAR008
comparing the expectations and requirements of performers and audience in different cultural settings
Elaboration (1) | ACADAR008 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACADAM011
presenting dances, using costumes and/or props where appropriate to enhance different contexts, such as performing dances with representatives of the cultural group from the community
Elaboration (4) | ACADAM011 | 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