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AE17.D.2.1

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Dance

AE17.D.2.1
Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Choreographers use a variety of sources as inspiration and transform concepts and ideas into movement for artistic expression.
EQ: Where do choreographers get ideas for dances?

Skills Examples

Execute a sequence of movements in different ways (i.e., different levels, timing, directions, body parts).
Create a dance based on a short story, with a beginning, middle and end.
Improvise movement to verbs and adjectives. Recall the movement and sequence to repeat.
Using basic stick figures to draw shapes used in a series of movements.

Vocabulary

prompts
elements of dance
locomotor
non-locomotor
dance phrase
structure
concept and inspirations
dance phrase
improvisation
notation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Aligned Learning Resources

5 Ways to Add Dance and Theater to the Classroom

Dancing Shape Attributes

Creating a Pathway Dance With My Initials

Disco Fever

Design by Adaptive Theme

AE17.D.2.1

AE17.D.2.1 Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

Skills Examples

Vocabulary

Anchor Standards

Aligned Learning Resources

AE17.D.2.1
Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.