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
Achievement Standard Dance Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students analyse the choreographer’s use of the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production elements to communicate choreographic intent in dances they make, perform and view. They evaluate the impact of …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | 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
ACADAM024
Perform dances using genre- and style-specific techniques and expressive skills to communicate a choreographer’s intent
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACADAM024 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACADAM002
recognising and accepting a teacher’s or classmates’ constructive feedback
Elaboration (4) | ACADAM002 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACADAM010
practising and refining technical skills in movements in response to teacher’s and peers’ feedback
Elaboration (1) | ACADAM010 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACADAM024
refining confidence, clarity of the movement, projection and focus to communicate the choreographer’s intent
Elaboration (2) | ACADAM024 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACADAM017
linking the application of the elements of dance to the communication of the choreographer’s intent in teacher-set dances
Elaboration (2) | ACADAM017 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACADAM022
Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How successful were the dancers in conveying the choreographer’s stated intent?
Elaboration (3) | ACADAM022 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | 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 (1) ACADAM002
practising fundamental movements to begin to develop technical skills of body control, posture, strength, balance and coordination, and responding to teacher’s feedback
Elaboration (1) | ACADAM002 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACADAM013
Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What was the choreographer’s stated intent for this dance? What ideas did you think the dance expressed?
Elaboration (3) | ACADAM013 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | 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?
Elaboration (2) | ACADAR018 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACADAM024
performing dances with an awareness of a choreographer’s intent and style, including contemporary Australian choreographers such as Frances Rings or Stephen Page (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
Elaboration | ACADAM024 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACADAM006
developing body awareness and refining technical skills of body control, accuracy, alignment, strength, balance and coordination in fundamental movements in response to teacher’s feedback and observation of other dancers’ technical skills
Elaboration (1) | ACADAM006 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACADAM013
experimenting with realistic movements, that is everyday movement, for example, exaggerating the movement of a single body part such as the arm in brushing hair or eating spaghetti, and blurring this into abstract movements, and responding to each other’s …
Elaboration | ACADAM013 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACADAM015
applying safe dance practice strategies in consideration of their own body’s and others’ capabilities when performing a specific dance style, for example, identifying the musculoskeletal system and linking to alignment
Elaboration (3) | ACADAM015 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | 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