Arts Department

Essential Knowledge and Skills

Students in Advanced Senior Dance Production study advanced skill development, choreography. Dance is a universal language, an expressive and vibrant art with the capacity to unify the physical, mental, social, emotional, aesthetic and spiritual. This company course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression, performance, history, cultures, life skills and connection to other curricular areas.

Indicators of Student Learning

Upon the successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Communication • Analyze how a choreographer uses abstraction to create or communicate meaning. • Choreograph a dance based on a women artist. • Respond to improvisational and compositional experiences from objective and subjective viewpoints. • Create an interdisciplinary project based on a theme, idea, concept, social issue, or object.

Technique

• Implement strategies for injury prevention in class, rehearsals and performances.

• Discuss methods of enhancing dancers’ abilities in choreography.

• Implement an individual conditioning program that addresses differences in strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, coordination and agility.

• Develop knowledge and skills of axial movements and basic locomotor skills.

• Understand and incorporate dynamic alignment and dynamic balance.

• Develop an awareness of performing techniques.

• Analyze personal performing techniques from internal and external methods.

Elements of Dance

• Develop knowledge and skills in space. • Develop knowledge and skills in time. • Develop knowledge and skills in energy and motion; use the qualities of motion as a basis for choreography.

Creative/Choreographic Process

• Improvise as part of the process to create dance for public performance. • Analyze the relationship between music, sound and choreography. • Utilize all improvisational skills to aid in choreography; i.e., use of spontaneity and imagination, discovery and development of thematic material, staying within gestalt. • Participate in the process of presenting a concert. • Develop choreography for children’s performance.

Technology

• Collaborate with peers to use technology to compile and produce projects. • Create and give power point project.

Assessment

Upon the completion of this course, students will:

• Document progress on select technical and performance goals.

• Perform complex variations of basic locomotor and combination steps, which incorporate spatial, rhythmical, and qualitative challenges.

• Perform complex combinations of various locomotor steps with axial movement.

• Demonstrate basic concepts of performing techniques; i.e. kinesthetic awareness, concentration/ focus, fluidity in movement transitions, clarity of rhythmic acuity, spatial intent, full exploration of energy fluctuation, and link of inner intent to outer expressions.