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

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

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

Elaboration (2) ACADAM020

developing a personal movement vocabulary by combining elements of dance with finding new ways of moving, and establishing a personal style

Elaboration (2) | ACADAM020 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | 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

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 (5) ACADAM017

experimenting with representing social relationships through cultural dance

Elaboration (5) | ACADAM017 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | 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

ACADAM020

Improvise to find new movement possibilities and explore personal style by combining elements of dance

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACADAM020 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | 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 (2) ACADAR019

comparing dance styles in different artistic, social, environmental, historical and cultural contexts

Elaboration (2) | ACADAR019 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACADAR025

recognising personal capabilities and identifying next steps needed to improve and refine choreographing and performing

Elaboration (1) | ACADAR025 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | 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

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 (6) ACADAR019

investigating the role of dance in transmitting cultural information, such as advocating change in relation to contemporary issues (for example, land degradation)

Elaboration (6) | ACADAR019 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum