Standards
Compare two dances with contrasting themes. Discuss feelings and ideas evoked by each. Describe how the themes and movements relate to points of view and experiences.
Generate resourceSelect and research a choreographer and his or her work. Choreograph a dance that communicates the learned information and includes the genre and clarity of the choreographer's style. Explain the genre, style, and meaning of the dance.
Generate resourceDescribe how the movement characteristics and qualities of a dance in a specific genre or style communicate the ideas and perspectives of the culture, historical period, or community from which the genre or style originated.
Generate resourceBuild content for choreography using several stimuli (for example, music/sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance, experiences, literary forms, natural phenomena, current news, social events).
Generate resourceConstruct and solve multiple movement problems to develop choreographic content.
Generate resourceManipulate or modify a variety of choreographic devices to expand choreographic possibilities and develop a main idea. Explain reasons for movement choices.
Generate resourceDevelop a dance study by selecting a specific movement vocabulary to communicate a main idea. Discuss how the dance communicates nonverbally.
Generate resourceExplore through movement the feedback from others to expand choreographic possibilities for a short dance study that communicates artistic intent. Explain the movement choices and refinements.
Generate resourceRecord changes in a dance sequence through writing, symbols, or a form of media technology.
Generate resourceIntegrate static and dynamic shapes and varied pathways into dance sequences. Use focus to maintain relationships with other dancers. Convert inward focus to outward focus for projecting out to far space.
Generate resourceDance to a variety of rhythms generated from internal and external sources. Perform movement phrases that show the ability to respond to changes in time.
Generate resourceContrast bound and free-flowing movement. Motivate movement from both central initiation (torso) and peripheral initiation (distal) and analyze the relationship between initiation and energy.
Generate resourceRecall and execute a series of dance phrases using fundamental dance skills (for example, alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement).
Generate resourceDemonstrate safe body-use practices during technical exercises and movement combinations. Discuss how these practices, along with healthy eating habits, promote strength, flexibility, endurance, and injury prevention.
Generate resourceCollaborate with peer ensemble members to repeat sequences, synchronize actions, and refine spatial relationships to improve performance quality. Apply feedback from others to establish personal performance goals.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to adapt dance to alternative performance venues by modifying spacing and movement to the performance space.
Generate resourceIdentify, explore, and select production elements that heighten and intensify the artistic intent of a dance and are adaptable for various performance spaces.
Generate resourceIdentify meaning or artistic intent from the patterns of movement in a dance work.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how dance styles differ within a genre or within a cultural movement practice, using basic dance terminology.
Generate resourceInterpret meaning in a dance based on its movements. Use basic dance terminology to explain how the movements communicate the main idea of the dance.
Generate resourceDefine the characteristics of dance that make a dance artistic and meaningful. Relate them to the elements of dance in genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use basic dance terminology to describe characteristics that make a dance artistic and meaningful.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceAccess and use internal and external resources (for example, interests, knowledge, experiences) to create media artworks.
Generate resourceExamine and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and cultural experiences (for example, news, cultural events).
Generate resourceResearch and show how media artworks and ideas relate to social and community life (for example, exploring commercial and information purposes, history, ethics).
Generate resourceExamine, discuss, and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering ethics, rules, and media literacy.
Generate resourceEnvision original ideas and innovations for media artworks using personal experiences and/or the work of others.
Generate resourceDevelop, present, and experiment with ideas, plans, models, and proposals for media arts productions, considering the artistic goals and audience.
Generate resourceCreate content and combine components to convey expression, purpose, and meaning in a variety of media arts productions, utilizing sets of associated principles (for example, emphasis, exaggeration).
Generate resourceDetermine how elements and components can be altered for clear communication and refine media artworks to improve clarity and purpose.
Generate resourceCreate media artworks integrating multiple contents and forms in order to reach a given audience.
Generate resourceEnact various roles to practice fundamental ability in artistic, design, technical, and soft skills (for example, formal technique, production, collaboration) in media arts productions and presentations.
Generate resourcePractice fundamental creative and innovative abilities (for example, expanding conventions) in addressing problems within and through media arts productions.
Generate resourceExamine how tools and techniques could be used in standard and experimental ways in constructing media artworks
Generate resourceCompare qualities and purposes of presentation formats and fulfill a role and associated processes in presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.
Generate resourceCompare the results of, and improvements for, presenting media artworks.
Generate resourceIdentify, describe, and differentiate how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.
Generate resourceIdentify, describe, and, with guidance, differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.
Generate resourceDetermine and compare personal and group interpretations of a variety of media artworks, considering their subject matter, media characteristics, and context.
Generate resourceIdentify relevant criteria for evaluating media artworks, considering possible improvements and context.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceDemonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music as developmentally appropriate.
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life as developmentally appropriate.
Generate resourceCompose simple rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases within a given form that convey expressive intent.
Generate resourceDemonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangement, or compositions to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.
Generate resourceUse standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and increasingly complex harmonic musical ideas.
Generate resourceEvaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback and explain rationale for changes.
Generate resourcePresent the final version of personal created music to others that demonstrates musicianship and explain connection to expressive intent.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, and context as well as the musicianship of self and others.
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music in music selected for performance.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (for example, dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation/style).
Generate resourceApply teacher provided and established criteria and feedback to evaluate the accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.
Generate resourcePerform music, alone or with others, with expression, technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.
Generate resourceDemonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context, venue, genre, and style.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and describe, citing evidence, how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (for example, social, cultural, historical).
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities are used in performers' and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
Generate resourceEvaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceInvestigate community, historical, and social issues and incorporate other content areas in drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceAnalyze commonalities and differences between stories set in different cultures in preparation for a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceExamine artifacts from a time period and geographic location to better understand design choices in a drama/theatre design.
Generate resourceIdentify physical qualities that might reveal a character's inner traits in the imagined world of a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceVisualize and design elements that support the story and given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceImagine how a character's inner thoughts impact the story and given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceDevise original ideas for a drama/theatre work that reflect collective inquiry about characters and their given circumstances.
Generate resourceShare leadership and responsibilities to develop collaborative goals when preparing or devising a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceRevise and improve an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work through repetition and self- and group review.
Generate resourceUse physical and vocal exploration for character development in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceCreate innovative solutions to design and technical problems that arise in rehearsal for a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceDescribe the underlying thoughts and emotions that create dialogue and action in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourcePractice selected exercises that can be used in a group setting for a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceCommunicate for a specific purpose through a drama/theatre work to an invited audience.
Generate resourceJustify responses based on personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast thematically similar folk tales and stories from multiple cultures through drama/theatre experience.
Generate resourceDevelop and implement criteria as a small group to evaluate drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceEvaluate the effectiveness of the technical elements in supporting mood and environment in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceRecognize how a character's circumstances impact an audience's perspective in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceApply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through art making.
Generate resourceIdentify how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society.
Generate resourceIdentify and demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art.
Generate resourceExperiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
Generate resourceDemonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment.
Generate resourceIdentify, describe, and visually document places or objects of personal significance.
Generate resourceCreate artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices made in art making.
Generate resourceDefine the roles and responsibilities of a curator, explaining the skills and knowledge needed in preserving, maintaining, and presenting objects, artifacts and artwork.
Generate resourceDevelop a logical argument for safe and effective use of materials and techniques for preparing and presenting artwork.
Generate resourceCite evidence about how an exhibition in a museum or other venue presents ideas and provides information about a specific concept or topic.
Generate resourceCompare one's own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others.
Generate resourceIdentify and analyze cultural associations suggested by visual imagery.
Generate resourceInterpret art through describing and analyzing feelings, subject matter, formal characteristics, artmaking approaches, and contextual information.
Generate resourceRecognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.
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