Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Dance Level I

Other West Virginia Fine Arts sets

CREATE: Dance to create and communicate meaning while applying choreographic principles, processes, and structures.DA1C

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    Recognize and generate abstract movement to communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, or images.DA1.1

  • 2

    Identify, define, and create movement phrases using the elements of dance (i.e., body, action, space, time, energy)DA1.2 

  • 3

    Identify, define, and use choreographic structures (i.e., AB, ABA, canon, rondo, narrative, theme and variation, retrograde, chance, call and response) and choreographic principles (i.e., theme, repetition, transition, resolution) through the creation of a movement phraseDA1.3

  • 4

    Recognize and examine improvisation as a method of generating movement for choreographyDA1.4

  • 5

    Use collaborative and cooperative skills to contribute constructively to the creation of a group dance with relevant social themeDA1.5

PERFORM: Develop and practice movement elements and skills in performing dance.DA1P

  • 1

    Use appropriate etiquette while observing and performing dance.DA1.6

  • 2

    Use movement, strength, flexibility, endurance, and proper alignment to develop technique in a variety of dance genresDA1.7

  • 3

    Understand, demonstrate, and practice time, space, weight and flow as it relates to locomotor and non-locomotor/axial movements. DA1.8

  • 4

    Understand and exhibit the impact of performance values of memorization, clarity, concentration, focus, and projection on dance performanceDA1.9

  • 5

    Perform a group dance for an audience (e.g. peer, classroom, or public) using technical skills, movement qualities, and performance values learned in classDA1.10

RESPOND: Respond to dance by employing critical and creative thinking skills.DA1R

  • 1

    Observe and explain how personal experience can influence the individual interpretation of a movement.DA1.11

  • 2

    Explain and discuss how elements of dance and choreographic structures are used to communicate ideas in danceDA1.12

  • 3

    Recognize and discuss the use of dance elements and choreographic structures in a variety of significant dance works from numerous genres and historical time periods.DA1.13

  • 4

    Establish a set of aesthetic criteria and apply it in evaluating student work in a group setting.DA1.14

CONNECT: Connect dance to cultural, historical, healthful living, and other disciplinesDA1C

  • 1

    Understand and apply health related concepts to dance while examining personal physical strengths, weaknesses, and lifestyle choices and the effect on the dancer.DA1.15

  • 2

    Use dance to interpret concepts in history related to significant events, ideas, and movements from a global contextDA1.16

  • 3

    Observe and compare culturally diverse dances.DA1.17

  • 4

    Discuss commonalities and differences between dance and other disciplinesDA1.18

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Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12

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