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AC9ADA2C01 Years 1 to 2 The Arts

AC9ADA2C01 | Years 1 to 2 Dance: Dance

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor use the elements of dance to choreograph dance sequences
Strand
Creating and making
Substrand
Dance

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 1 to 2 Dance. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration using improvised movements to create a dance sequence that represents a weather event, or shows how they might take care of a place that is important to them
  • • Elaboration using music they have created as inspiration for a dance, considering how they can use movement to communicate the rhythm/beat, texture (layers) or timbre (unique sound of each instrument/voice) in the music
  • • Elaboration devising a dance sequence; for example, devising a starting shape, a way of moving to another place in the dance space (considering level, direction, locomotor and non-locomotor movements) and then combining their ideas with a partner or a small group to extend the sequence
  • • Elaboration using ideas from an exploration of how they maintain balance, manipulate their posture, or move specific body parts, noting similarities and differences across individuals, groups or the whole class, to create a dance sequence
  • • Elaboration using patterns of movement such as a sequence of locomotor movements (travelling movements) they have improvised, sharing/teaching these movements to a partner (and learning the partner’s movements), and working collaboratively to combine and extend these movement ideas to create a dance sequence
  • • Elaboration using their own words and learnt dance terminology to share ideas about the dance they are creating and recognising and accepting constructive feedback from peers or teachers; for example, in response to a “work-in-progress” sharing

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