Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 8

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 individual and collaborative 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.8.1CR

  • 2

    Create movement studies to develop dance content for an original dance study or dance.8.2CR

  • 3

    Identify and select personal preferences to create an original movement study or dance. Use genre-specific dance terminology to articulate and justify choices made in movement development to communicate intent.8.3CR

  • 4

    Refine the use of available technology, including new media and the media arts, to create, record, and explore or share dance in creative ways.8.4CR

  • 5

    Revise choreography, collaboratively, or independently, based on self-reflection and feedback from others.8.5CR

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

  • 1

    Consistently demonstrate movement phrases with increased clarity, focus, alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, skill, and kinesthetic awareness. 8.1PE

  • 2

    Consistently demonstrate kinesthetic awareness of the expressive body as it moves and feels in relation to the elements of dance.8.2PE

  • 3

    Demonstrate leadership when working alone, with partners, and in small groups to improvise and solve movement problems to create movement phrases and dance works.8.3PE

  • 4

    Demonstrate technical dance skills (alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility, and range of motion). 8.4PE

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

  • 1

    Describe, analyze, interpret, and assess the impact of production elements, music, and movement in selected dance works and challenge the opinions of others. 8.1RE

  • 2

    Use a variety of assessments (self-checks, peer assessment, peer coaching, reflection journals, criteria for success) to assess and reflect on choices made in the dance-making process.8.2RE

  • 3

    Give and receive constructive feedback based on individual and shared criteria.8.3RE

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

  • 1

    Evaluate personal dance wellness and self-regulation strategies in dance activities and everyday life, including nutrition and injury prevention. 8.1CO

  • 2

    Examine and discuss ways various external contexts impact dance and articulate how meaning in dance is communicated and understood.8.2CO

  • 3

    Justify how participation in dance develops 21stcentury skills applicable to life.8.3CO

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 8
Where can I read the official document?
Ohio's Learning Standards for Fine Arts Dance 2024

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