AC9ADA6E02 Years 5 to 6 The Arts

Content descriptor explore the ways that First Nations Australians use dance to continue and revitalise cultures

Elaborations

• • Elaboration exploring, using resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians, how and why cultural expressions are critical for sharing continuing or revitalising cultures
• • Elaboration investigating how meaning and purpose are communicated in dance choreographed and/or performed by First Nations Australians; for example, observing how movements are used to share cultural knowledge with the broader community in a dance performed at a community event, or using resources created or co-created by First Nations Australians
• • Elaboration experiencing how First Nations Australians’ telling of ways stories and ideas communicate connection to and responsibility for Country/Place; for example, exploring how dance communicates knowledge about weather events or knowledge of sustainable practices for caring for land, sea, sky and waterway
• • Elaboration using Viewpoints to develop questions to build understanding about First Nations Australians’ dances and exploring what they could investigate further, such as “What do I already know about this dance practice?”, “What do I need to learn to have a better understanding?”, “What knowledge can I share with others?”, “What questions would I ask the dancers about this performance?”
• • Elaboration exploring how dances that tell stories maintain culture; for example, narrative dances that communicate knowledge about sustainable approaches to locating and gathering food or stories about how places got their names