| Big Ideas |
Choreographers collaborate through critical reflection, creative co-operation, and the exchange of ideas. |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Dance engages us in artistic works from multiple perspectives. |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Choreographers use a dancer’s body through which to translate movement ideas. |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: translate movement ideas |
Elaboration: requires dance literacy, which is the ability to read, write, notate, or otherwise communicate using dance language, vocabulary, and/or symbols |
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| Big Ideas |
Artistic intent and meaning are communicated though choreography. |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Choreographers use dance elements and composition skills to create innovative choreography. |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
safety protocols |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: safety protocols |
Elaboration: procedures to prevent harm or injury to self and others, including, for example, environment, biomechanics, clothing, and footwear |
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| Content |
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: cultural appropriation |
Elaboration: use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn |
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| Content |
history and theory of a variety of dance genres |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews and cross-cultural perspectives communicated through movement and dance |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
innovative dancers and choreographers from a variety of genres, periods, and cultures |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
the influence of time and place on historical and contemporary dance forms |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: place |
Elaboration: any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives of the world. |
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| Content |
local, national, global, and intercultural performers, movements, and genres |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
the role of dancers, choreographers, and audiences in a variety of contexts |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
dance notation |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: dance notation |
Elaboration: the codified, symbolic representation of dance movement and form |
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| Content |
principles of design |
Dance Choreography 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: principles of design |
Elaboration: unity, variety, repetition, contrast, sequence, climax, proportion, harmony, balance, transition |
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