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Elaboration (2) ACADAM014

exploring movement that may have symbolic meaning within a social or cultural context, for example, communicate a specific idea by developing a recurring movement idea (motif)

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

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 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 …

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

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 (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, …

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