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K–12 Standards

Grade 6

Other Ohio Fine Arts: Dance sets

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop worksCR

  • 1

    Create movement studies with clear intent and attention to elements of dance, choreographic devices, and choreographic structures to develop a dance study that supports an artistic intent.6.1CR

  • 2

    Create a movement study using stimuli (music, observed dance, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, personal experience).6.2CR

  • 3

    Identify the movement vocabulary for contrasting genres to transfer ideas into choreography. 6.3CR

  • 4

    Explore technology, including new media, to create, record. or explore dance in conventional and innovative ways.6.4CR

  • 5

    Explore possible movement revisions based on collaborative feedback.6.5CR

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.PE

  • 1

    Demonstrate movement phrases with clarity, focus, alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, skill, and kinesthetic awareness.6.1PE

  • 2

    Demonstrate awareness of the body as it moves in relation to the elements of dance.6.2PE

  • 4

    Demonstrate technical dance skills (alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement).6.4PE

  • 3

    Demonstrate leadership when working alone, with partners, and in small groups.6.3PE

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.RE

  • 1

    Recognize and articulate the relationship between production elements, music, and movement in creating meaning for dances performed or observed.6.1RE

  • 2

    Recognize appropriate audience etiquette during class, rehearsal, and performance. 6.2RE

  • 3

    Observe the movement characteristics or qualities in a specific dance genre and make connections to attitudes and movement preferences. 6.3RE

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.CO

  • 1

    Apply basic anatomical principles and nutrition to promote safety, self-regulation, and dance wellness strategies.6.1CO

  • 2

    Identify ways past and current events impact dance and dance development. 6.2CO

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 6
Where can I read the official document?
Ohio's Learning Standards for Fine Arts

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