| Content |
contributions of key dance innovators from a variety of genres, contexts, periods, and cultures |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
the role of dancers, choreographers, and audiences in a variety of contexts |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
kinesthetic awareness |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: kinesthetic awareness |
Elaboration: the body’s ability to coordinate motion and its awareness of where it is in time and space |
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| Content |
dance notation and vocabulary |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: dance notation |
Elaboration: the formal and informal written systems of symbols, shapes, and lines that represent body position and movement |
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| Content |
choreographic devices |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
choreographic forms and structures |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: choreographic forms and structures |
Elaboration: the shape or structure of a dance; the orderly arrangement of thematic material (e.g., AB, ABA, rondo, canon, theme and variation, call and response, narrative) |
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| Content |
rehearsal and performance skills |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: rehearsal and performance skills |
Elaboration: the technical, expressive, and cognitive skills necessary for learning, refining, and performing movement:Technical skill is the ability to reproduce movement accurately in relation to movement principles, elements of dance, and style.Expressive skills include but are not limited to projection, focus, confidence, musicality, spatial awareness, facial expression, sensitivity to other dancers, dynamics, and embodiment of the elements of dance to communicate the style or choreographic intent.Cognitive skills include but are not limited to preparedness, commitment, concentration, trust, co-operation, collaboration, application of feedback, willingness to explore, capacity to improve, movement acquisition, and memory. |
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| Content |
anatomically and developmentally sound movement principles |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: movement principles |
Elaboration: including but not limited to alignment, weight transfer, flexibility, strength, balance, coordination |
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| Content |
skills specific to a technique, genre, or style |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: technique |
Elaboration: examples in modern dance: suspend, fall, breath, weight, oppositional pull, swing, contraction, spiral; examples in hip hop: grooving, isolations, rhythm, foot patterns, body rolls, freestyle; examples in ballet: positions of the feet and arms, turnout of the legs, barre and centre work, including plié, tendu, fondu, rond de jambe |
| Keyword: genre, or style |
Elaboration: for example, classical, contemporary, culturally specific |
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| Content |
elements of dance |
Dance Foundations 10 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: elements of dance |
Elaboration: body, space, time, dynamics, relationshipsbody: the primary instrument of expression in dance; what the body is doing (e.g., whole- or partial-body action; types of movement, such as locomotor and non-locomotor)space: where the body is moving (e.g., place, level, direction, pathway, size/reach, shape)time: how the body moves in relation to time (e.g., beat/underlying pulse, tempo, rhythmic patterns)dynamics: how energy is expended and directed through the body in relation to time (quick/sustained), weight (strong/light), space (direct/indirect), and flow (free/bounded)relationships: with whom or what the body is moving; movement happens in a variety of relationships (e.g., pairs, groups, objects, environments) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Make personal and community connections through dance |
Dance Foundations 10 |
Connect and expand |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore ways in which dance impacts cultures and societies |
Dance Foundations 10 |
Connect and expand |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge to gain understanding through movement and dance |
Dance Foundations 10 |
Connect and expand |
| Keyword: ways of knowing |
Elaboration: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore a range of local, national, global, and intercultural performers, movements, and genres |
Dance Foundations 10 |
Connect and expand |
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| Curricular Competency |
Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with creating, performing, and responding to dance, including movement, music, thematic, and costume choices |
Dance Foundations 10 |
Connect and expand |
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