module 2 introduction to dance k-6 © 2006 curriculum k-12 directorate, nsw department of education...
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Module 2
Introduction to Dance K-6
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How does dance as an artform contribute to the curriculum?
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Dance provides opportunities for personal expression and enjoyment
Students value dance as a form of cultural expression related to culture, tradition, location, gender, social and technological issues
Dance provides opportunities for students to express their feelings,moods and ideas symbolically through movement
Dance is an artform that uses the body as a means of expression and communication
Dance is a way of knowing about oneself, other people and the world
Dance has been an integral human activity in most cultures for thousands of years Dance is a means of
expressing cultural identity
Dance has many functions - artistic, theatrical, social, religious and ritual
Learning in dance involves technical skill, physical awareness and aesthetic and artistic understandings
Dance provides opportunities for creative action
Dance contributes to cultural understanding
Dance is a unique medium for learning
How does dance as an artform
contribute to the curriculum?
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How do students learn through
dance?
Cognitive learning
Dance contributes to the development of thinking skills - perception, creativity, logical thinking, metaphoric thinking, question formation, decision
making, critical thinking, concept formation and memory
Aesthetic learning
Students learn to use aesthetic values to discriminate, select and respond to and through
dance experiences
Physical learning
Dance is active. Students develop physical skills and learn techniques
which require practice & concentration
Sensory learning
Students focus on the use of their senses to develop
their expression & imagination
Social learning
Students learn to work cooperatively in groups through dance and study the role of dance
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How does dance as an artform contribute to the curriculum?
The study of dance in the creative arts provides students with the opportunity to learn about and through the integrated practices of composing, performing and appreciating.
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Activity: “Snowball”
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Activity: “Snowball” variation
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Activity: “Snowball” variation
What locomotor patterns were used?How did the stamping and clapping pattern change?Which body parts did the groups use? How did they use them?How fast or slow were the movements performed?What sort of energy levels did the group use? What sort of mood did this create?Did groups use a particular formation or pattern in the way they changed partners?Did the dance express an idea or have an intent?
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What do students learn to do in dance: performing, composing, appreciating
•develop physical skills and techniques
•apply safe dance practice to their own bodies
•use interpretive skills to express movement quality
•experience different kinds of dance
•understand intention in dance making
• respond to stimulus through dance
•use the elements of dance to structure movement and express ideas
•create a structure for dance
•view a range of dance genres and styles
•view live and videotaped performances
•develop understanding of artistic, cultural and social meanings in dance
•communicate about dance
•develop a dance vocabulary
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How do I teach dance?
Teachers guide and support students’
dance making
Teachers provide the structure and ideas for dance
making
Activities in performing, composing and
appreciating that draw on established dances
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How do I start?
Sequencing learning
activities?
Addressing the outcomes?
Getting ideas?
Structuring my lessons?
Using the elements of
dance in units of work?
Utilising teaching
strategies?
Assessing learning?
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Teaching and learning process
• exploring, developing, reflecting
• connecting and sequencing learning
activities within a unit of work
• cyclic process
• allows for consolidation, revision and
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Elements of dance
action dynamics
time space
relationships structure
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•Kinaesthetic words which evoke movement exploration such as melt, swing, tap
• Tactile piece of slate (cold, smooth, hard) pineapple head (rough, sharp, jagged)sponge (bouncy, textured, pliable)
• VisualWorks from Enter Art such as:Michael Johnson’s After Sirius is a work which refers to the subterranean seascape of Sirius Cove on Sydney and uses long horizontal lines and textured paint to build the layers of the seascape Ken Thaiday’s Beizam (shark) dance mask, is an example of fusing performance rituals with visual artsKen Unsworth’s Suspended Stone Circle II could explore weight, suspension or swing
• IdeationalA narrative (e.g. Jack & the beanstalk)A metaphor (e.g. as rough as the ocean)A cycle (e.g. birth, growth, death)
• Auditorybody percussion (e.g. slap, click, thud, stomp, rub)Quantum leaps CD / Vocal-Ease CD / Musica Viva CDsa poem read aloud (e.g. hectic from contrast unit in Quantum leaps)
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Where can I go for further support?
Curriculum K-12 Directorate resources
Board of Studies support material
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