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Explore a choreographer's choices to communicate an idea using the components of dance

Student dance resource developed by The Arts Unit

Years 9 and 10 dance

Your students will:

• apply the elements of space, time and dynamics to personalise dance movement

• identify and develop movement motifs to communicate an idea

• identify and describe how ideas for dances have developed from a stimulus.

Dance 7-10 Syllabus

• 5.1.3: demonstrates an understanding and application of aspects of performance quality and interpretation through performance.

• 5.2.2: composes and structures dance movement that communicates an idea.

• 5.3.1: describes and analyses dance as the communication of ideas within a context.

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