Dance / Year 7 and 8 / Developing practices and skills

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Curriculum content descriptions

reflect on own and others’ dance works and/or practices to inform choreographic choices and use of technical and expressive skills (AC9ADA8D02)

Elaborations
  • reflecting on how they have used or extended their movement vocabulary and considering options for further development
  • evaluating influences on their own performance or choreography; for example, using a journal to document interesting examples of how others use an element of dance or genre- or style-specific techniques, and considering how to use these ideas in their own choreography or performance
  • reflecting on feedback from peers who have observed a workshop or a rehearsal and using ideas from the feedback/reflection to refine dance; for example, use of technical and expressive skills or a choreographic device
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Dance,  Dance composition

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