Grade 7

Other Idaho Arts and Humanities: Dance sets

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Expand movement vocabulary of floor and air pattern designs. Incorporate and modify body designs from different dance genres and styles for the purpose of expanding movement vocabulary to include differently designed shapes and movements for interest and contrast.7.D.2.1

Build dance phrasing while utilizing timing accents and variations within a phrase to add interest kinesthetically, rhythmically, and visually.7.D.2.2

Compare and contrast movement characteristics from a variety of dance genres or styles. Determine what dancers must do to refine a performance.7.D.2.3

Apply body-use strategies to accommodate physical maturity development to technical dance skills (for example, functional alignment, balance, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement, flexibility/range of motion).7.D.2.4

Utilize healthful practices in dance activities and everyday life.7.D.2.5

Recommend changes to and adapt movements to the performance area. Use performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal, and performance. Maintain journal documenting these efforts. Post-performance, accept notes from choreographer and apply corrections to future performances.7.D.3.1

Explore possibilities of producing dance in a variety of venues or for different audiences and, using production terminology, explain how the production elements would be handled in different situations.7.D.3.2

Compare, contrast, and discuss patterns of movement and their relationships in dance.7.D.4.1

Compare the meaning of different dances. Explain how the artistic expression of each dance is achieved through the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, and context. Use dance terminology.7.D.4.2

Compare artistic intent, content and context from dances to examine the characteristics of genre, style, or cultural movement practice.7.D.4.3

Compare and contrast how the elements of dance are used in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use genre specific dance terminology.7.D.5.1

Describe, using basic dance terminology, the qualities and characteristics of style used in a dance from one’s own cultural movement practice.7.D.5.2

Study historical dance genres or styles. Share the study with peers as part of a performance. Document the process of research and application.7.D.5.3

Analyze and discuss, how dances from a variety of cultures, societies, historical periods, or communities reveal the ideas and perspectives of the people.7.D.5.4