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Dance / Year 9 and 10

Curriculum content descriptions

Practise and refine technical skills to develop proficiency in genre- and style-specific techniques (ACADAM022)

Elaborations
  • practising techniques used to perform increasingly complex dances of different genres and styles
  • identifying and analysing dance styles and traditions and applying knowledge of the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system to execute movements safely and prevent injury to themselves and others
  • refining technical skills in response to self-reflection to develop control, accuracy, strength, balance, alignment, flexibility, endurance, coordination and articulation
  • Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How successful were the dancers in conveying the choreographer’s stated intent?
General capabilities
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Movement sequences,  Dance genres

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