Dance: Grade 5

Produce

Respond

Understand

Demonstrate movement to changing elements of time.

Use the elements of time, space, and energy to create an effect through dance.

Demonstrate effort actions, including punch, press, slash, wring, float, flick, dab, and glide.

Demonstrate proper body alignment during elevations.

Demonstrate movements that use stage directions to define facings and pathways.

Evaluate dance to determine the effectiveness of the elements of movement.

Compare ways in which ideas and emotions are expressed in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts.

Utilize rules and strategies for creating safe movement experiences.

Describe dance from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Demonstrate ways to record dance using various modes of technology.

Explain methods used by dancers for improving muscle flexibility and strength.

Create a dance project that utilizes concepts from another content area.

Creating movements that change from literal to abstract

Solving dance problems with multiple parameters

Demonstrating five ways to elevate, including jump, hop, leap, sissonne, and assemblé

Identifying different genres of dance

Describing difficulties encountered when using technology to record dance

Explaining principles of proper body alignment

Determining effects of eating disorders of dancers

Collaborating with a group to create a dance with forms of bound and free energy to reflect potential and kinetic energy