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K–12 Standards

Grade 7

Other Ohio Fine Arts: Dance sets

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

  • 1

    Create dance studies with clear intent using the elements of dance, choreographic devices, and choreographic structures that support an artistic intent.7.1CR

  • 2

    Create movement studies using a variety of stimuli (music, observed dance, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, personal experience).7.2CR

  • 3

    Explore the movement vocabularies of various genres to transfer ideas into choreography. 7.3CR

  • 4

    Explore technology, including new media, to create, record, and explore dance in conventional and innovative ways.7.4CR

  • 5

    Explore possible movement revisions based on collaborative feedback.7.5CR

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

  • 1

    Demonstrate movement phrases with increased clarity, focus, alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, skill, and kinesthetic awareness. 7.1PE

  • 2

    Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness of the expressive body as it moves and feels in relation to the elements of dance.7.2PE

  • 3

    Demonstrate leadership when working alone, with partners, and in small groups to improvise.7.3PE

  • 4

    Demonstrate technical dance skills (alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility, or range of motion).7.4PE

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

  • 1

    Recognize how thoughts and ideas influence dance and articulate the relationship between production elements, music, and movement in creating meaning for dances performed or observed.7.1RE

  • 2

    Reflect on, evaluate, and refine choreographic, rehearsal, and performance processes based on established criteria.7.2RE

  • 3

    Critique a dance using genre-specific dance terminology to determine how effectively the various aspects communicate a theme or idea. 7.3RE

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

  • 1

    Use basic anatomical principles, self-regulation, dance wellness strategies, and proper nutrition in dance activities and everyday life.7.1CO

  • 2

    Identify specific ways dance historically contributes to community (celebration, mourning, religious, training, health). 7.2CO

  • 3

    Explore how dance supports the development of 21st-century skills.7.3CO

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 7
Where can I read the official document?
Ohio's Learning Standards for Fine Arts Dance 2024

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