•  Identifying changing meter signatures

•  Creating dance sequences using rhythmic variations

Example: accenting counts 1, 3, and 5 in a six-count phrase or accenting 1 and 4 in the same six-count phrase

•  Identifying symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes and movement

•  Performing movement in relation to other dancers and props

Examples: near, far, over, under, around, between, through

Example: creating AB and ABA forms, call and response, and canon

Examples: improvising movement that illustrates a landscape, improvising movement that reflects texture in a painting

•  Demonstrating various levels of energy

Examples: shadow to create mystery, spotlight to create focus

•  Explaining the use of colored lights to create mood

Examples: red light for danger, blue light for coolness

Examples: engaging core muscles to lengthen spine, keeping weight centered over the middle of the foot, turning out from the hip

Examples: tracing the origins of American dance forms, including break dancing and hip hop; tracing the origins of Scottish dance forms, including Highland Fling and Sword Dance

Example: improvising sequences that relate to specific paintings, drawings, and sculptures

•  Improvising movement in response to a specific narrative

Example: creating four movements in response to a newspaper headline or short story

Example: rest, ice, compression, elevation (RICE)

•  Describing methods of injury prevention

Examples: proper warm-up, balanced nutrition, appropriate rest, recognition of pain as signal for treatment

•  Identifying actions possible at each joint in the body

Example: explaining how the knee is a hinge joint with possible actions of flexion and extension