Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Dance: Grade 2

Other Indiana Fine Arts sets

Creating

  • 1

    Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

    1.  

      EXPLORE

      1. a

        Explore movement inspired by a variety of stimuli (for example, music/sound, text, objects, images, symbols, observed dance, experiences) using various body parts. Suggest additional sources for movement ideas. DA:Cr1.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Formulate a variety of movement sequences in small groups while manipulating the elements of dance. DA:Cr1.1.2 (b)

  • 2

    Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

    1.  

      PLAN

      1. a

        Demonstrate a dance phrase with a beginning, a middle that has a main idea, and a clear end. Describe movement choices.DA:Cr2.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Choose movements that express feelings within a main idea, emotion, musical phrase, or story alone and with others. Explain reasons for movement choices.DA:Cr2.1.2 (b)

  • 3

    Refine and complete artistic work.

    1.  

      REVISE

      1. a

        Explore a variety of solutions to a movement problem from guided improvisation and/or short remembered sequences. DA:Cr3.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Depict the levels of movements in a dance phrase by drawing a picture or using symbols (for example, high, middle, low). DA:Cr3.1.2 (b)

Performing

  • 4

    Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

    1.  

      EXPRESS

      1. a

        Demonstrate and identify the element of space using clear directionality and intent when performing locomotor and nonlocomotor/axial movements that change body shapes, facings, and pathways in space. Identify symmetrical and asymmetrical body shapes and examine relationships between body parts and their range of motion. Differentiate between circling and turning as two separate ways of continuous directional change. DA:Pr4.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Demonstrate the length of time a movement or phrase takes (for example, whether it is long or short). Identify and move on the downbeat in duple and triple meter. Correlate metric phrasing with movement phrasing.DA:Pr4.1.2 (b)

      3. c

        Select and apply appropriate characteristics to movements using force elements (for example, selecting specific adverbs and adjectives and applying them to movements). Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness while dancing using the movement characteristics. DA:Pr4.1.2 (c)

  • 5

    Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

    1.  

      EMBODY

      1. a

        Demonstrate a range of locomotor and nonlocomotor/axial movements, body patterning, and dance sequences that require moving through space using a variety of pathways. DA:Pr5.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Move safely in a variety of spatial relationships and formations with other dancers, sharing and maintaining personal space.DA:Pr5.1.2 (b)

      3. c

        Repeat movements, with an awareness of self and others in space. Selfadjust and modify movements or placement upon request.DA:Pr5.1.2 (c)

  • 6

    Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. 

    1.  

      PRESENT

      1. a

        Dance for and with others in a space where audience and performers occupy different areas using limited production terminology.DA:Pr6.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Use limited production elements (for example, hand props, simple scenery, or media projections) to enhance performance.DA:Pr6.1.2 (b)

Responding

  • 7

    Perceive and analyze artistic work. 

    1.  

      ANALYZE

      1. a

        Find movements in a learned dance that develop a pattern. DA:Re7.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Demonstrate and learn movements in dances from different genres or cultures. DA:Re7.1.2 (b)

  • 8

    Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

    1.  

      INTERPRET

      1. a

        Use context cues from movement to identify feelings, meaning, and intent in a dance using simple dance terminology. DA:Re8.1.2 (a)

  • 9

    Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

    1.  

      CRITIQUE

      1. a

        Observe or demonstrate dances from a genre or culture. Discuss movements and other aspects of the dances that make the dances work well, and explain why they work. Use simple dance terminology.DA:Re9.1.2 (a)

Connecting

  • 10

    Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. 

    1.  

      SYNTHESIZE

      1. a

        Describe, create, and/or perform a dance that expresses personal meaning and explain how certain movements express this personal meaning using limited dance terminology. DA:Cn10.1.2 (a)

      2. b

        Respond to a dance work using an inquiry based set of questions (for example, See, Think, Wonder). Create movement using ideas from responses and explain how certain movements express a specific idea. DA:Cn10.1.2 (b)

  • 11

    Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. 

    1.  

      RELATE

      1. a

        Observe a dance and relate the movement to the people, communities, or environment in which the dance was created and performed.DA:Cn11.1.2 (a)

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 2
Where can I read the official document?
2023 Indiana Academic Standards: Grades K-5 Dance

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