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AC9ADA2P01 Years 1 to 2 The Arts

AC9ADA2P01 | Years 1 to 2 Dance: Dance

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor share dance sequences in informal settings
Strand
Presenting and performing
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 presenting a learned sequence of movements or performing dances they have learnt to peers and teachers
  • • Elaboration performing a dance they have co-created with a First Nations Australian person who has cultural authority, and following protocols to ensure they are using any Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property with permission
  • • Elaboration expressing ideas to an audience through movement; for example, showing contrasting dynamics by stamping heavily and tip­toeing lightly or using movement qualities, such as slow controlled sinking to the floor to express melting ice or sharp jerky movement to express a robot
  • • Elaboration using Viewpoints to develop questions when responding to dances they experience in order to reflect on their choreography and/or performance; for example, “What did this dance make you think about?”, “Did the dance movements remind you of anything?”, “How did you communicate the ideas or intention in this dance?”

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