Communicating ideas through dance

Understanding the compositional process

Student dance resource developed by The Arts Unit

Years 11 and 12 dance

Communicating ideas through dance is a resource designed for students in the Stage 6 Dance course. The resource focuses on the understanding of the compositional process. 

Your students will: 

• identify the use of the elements of dance in dance composition 

• analyse the choreographer’s choice of movement to reflect the concept and intent 

• interpret the choreographer’s organisation of the movement as it relates to the concept and intent  

• evaluate the effectiveness of the choreographic choices to communicate the concept and intent. 

Dance Stage 6 Syllabus

Preliminary

• P1.1: understands dance as the performance and communication of ideas through movement and in written and oral form.

• P1.3: develops the skills of dance through performing, composing and appreciating dance.

• P3.1: identifies the elements of dance composition.

HSC 

• H1.2: performs, composes and appreciates dance as an artform. 

• H3.1: identifies and selects the appropriate elements of composition/choreography in response to a specific concept/intent. 

• H3.3: recognises and values the role of dance in achieving individual expression. 

Collection of student work 

• Google Form: create a Google form with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create. Email this form to your students with the Creative Class link and all your student responses will be combined in a Google sheet.

• Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your Google Classroom with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create.  

• MS Teams: create a quiz or assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create. 

• Email: ask your students to email you any responses and files they create.

• Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is a message board where teachers can pose questions called 'topics'. Students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. 

• Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used for class feedback.

For further support on how to create these resources

• Get started with Google Forms

• Create a Google Classroom Assignment

• Assign quizzes to students  through Microsoft Teams 

• Create an assignment in Microsoft Teams

• Educators – getting started with Flipgrid

• Get started with Jamboard