Dance 2

Fall Semester

Students will understand and identify their participation in dance.

Students will identify and recognize Creative Movement and Dance, Recreational Dance, Dance Fitness, and Concert Dance.

Students will identify and implement the three parts of the Dance Process - Dancing, Dance Making, and Dance Appreciation.

Students understand and develop body knowledge to ensure dance safety through proper warm-up and cool-down techniques.

Students will understand and identify basic anatomy.

Students will understand and apply proper alignment to move correctly and efficiently. 

Students will execute correct dance technique.

Students will identify  how to interpret dance fitness and conditioning principles to gain and maintain physical fitness.

Students will identify and demonstrate  good nutrition and self-care for  dance performance, health, and wellness.

Students will understand and identify common dance injuries.

Students will understand what it means to be physically fit.

Students will understand how to conduct themselves in a safe and healthy manner.

Students will complete all aspects of the FitnessGram.

Students will understand how  physical fitness relates to the dance classroom.

Students will understand how physical fitness enhances your dancing while keeping you physically fit.

Students will demonstrate the elements of dance.

Students will identify and demonstrate movement principles.

Students will understand and apply music basics for dance.

Students will identify movement qualities, effort actions, dynamics, and transitions.

Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate choreographic structures (AB Form, ABA Form, Canon).

Students will understand how to execute dance combinations  as creative and expressive works.

Students will demonstrate how to count beats, recognize notes, and identify time signatures.

Students will identify, explore, and demonstrate different choreographic principles.

(1A-D) Foundations- spatial awareness, comprehensive understanding, demonstrate effective knowledge, interpret details in movement

(3D)- effective warm up, cool down

(1A-D) Foundations- spatial awareness, comprehensive understanding, demonstrate effective knowledge, interpret details in movement

(3D)- effective warm up, cool down

(1A-C) Foundations- spatial awareness, comprehensive understanding, demonstrate effective knowledge

(3)- demonstrate elements of dance

Spring Semester

Students will understand most social dances were group dances until when partner dances emerged.

Students will understand and identify the timeline and impact of social, cultural, and folk dances across various societies.

Students will understand and perform one or more social dances with theme and styling.

Students will understand and comprehend social dance vocabulary and its application in social dances.

Students will understand, demonstrate, and perform leading and following roles in partner dancing.

Students will understand and identify major ballet works, styles, and ballet artists in history.

Students will understand and define the positions of the arms and feet.

Students will understand and execute basic ballet technique, use ballet vocabulary, and perform barre exercises and center combinations.

Students will understand and apply ballet etiquette and dance safety while dancing.

Students will understand, define, and demonstrate terminology.

Students will understand and identify major jazz works, styles, and jazz dance artists in history.

Students will understand and execute basic jazz dance technique, use jazz dance  vocabulary, and perform combinations.

Students will understand and apply jazz dance etiquette and dance safety while dancing.

Students will understand and evaluate and respond to classical and contemporary jazz dance performances.

Students will understand and define terminology.

Students will understand and identify major tap dance works, styles, and tap dance artists in history.

Students will understand and execute basic tap dance technique, use tap dance vocabulary, and perform combinations.

Students will understand and apply tap dance etiquette and dance safety while dancing.

Identify tap terminology.

Students will understand and identify major Hip Hop dance works, styles, Hip Hop dance artists in history.

Students will understand and execute basic Hip Hop dance technique, use hip hop dance vocabulary, and perform combinations.

Students will understand and apply Hip Hop dance etiquette and dance safety while dancing.

Students will understand, evaluate, and respond to Hip Hop dance performances.