AC9ADA10E01 Year 9 The Arts

AC9ADA10E01 – Year 9 The Arts: Dance

Strand

Exploring and responding

Substrand

Dance

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 The Arts provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

investigate performers’ and/or choreographers’ use of elements of dance, choreographic devices, genre- or style-specific techniques, conventions and/or production elements to communicate and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in dance across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts

Elaborations

• investigating specific examples of how and why dance practitioners work collaboratively with communities, such as communities in Australia with cultural links to countries and/or regions in Asia
• investigating how and why choreographers work with communities to advocate for sustainable ways of living, social justice and recognition of people or events
• investigating why and how different traditions, styles and contexts affect the experience and interpretation of a dance work and taking this into account when choreographing and performing; for example, using Viewpoints to explore questions such as “What meaning is intended by the choreographer?”, “What cultural traditions are represented in this dance?” or “How does this work relate to my culture? To my life?”
• extending their movement vocabulary as they explore their own stylistic preferences and personal identity; for example, using analysis of dance styles from a range of cultures they identify with or dance styles from different times to inform their choreographic practice
• analysing use of elements of dance in different genres/styles, such as styles that feature in popular culture or from a country or region in Asia, as a stimulus for choreography or to inform performance of a learnt work

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASARTDANY910

Year 9 The Arts Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students analyse how and/or why the elements of dance, choreographic devices, genre- or style-specific techniques, production elements, and/or technical and expressive skills are manipulated in dance they create and/or experience. They evaluate how dance works and/or performances in a range of styles and/or from across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They evaluate how dance is used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity. Students select and manipulate the elements of dance, choreographic devices and/or structure to choreograph dances. They demonstrate safe dance practice when choreographing and performing dance. They employ technical and expressive skills and genre- or style-specific techniques to enhance communication of ideas, perspectives and/or meaning when performing dance for audiences.