Dance / Year 9 and 10 / Creating and making

Curriculum content descriptions

apply technical and expressive skills and genre- or style-specific techniques to enhance communication of ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9ADA10C02)

Elaborations
  • applying knowledge of the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system to execute movements safely and prevent injury to themselves and others
  • using observations/analysis of a dance in a selected genre/style to identify characteristic techniques, building ability to execute the technical and expressive skills using safe dance practice over time and applying it to enhance performance of dances
  • seeking feedback on their choreography and performance; for example, using Viewpoints to frame questions such as “What emotion did you feel most strongly as you viewed the dance?” and using the feedback to refine use of technical and expressive skills
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Eye contact,  Dance purpose and styles,  Audiences,  Facial expressions,  Dance composition,  Dance

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