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Composition
Composition
Composition: develop knowledge, understanding and skills about dance as an artform through dance composition as a means of creating and structuring movement to express and communicate ideas.
Syllabus outcomes
4.2.1: identifies and explores aspects of the elements of dance in response to a range of stimuli.
5.2.1: explores the elements of dance as the basis of the communication of ideas.
Students learn to:
explore the elements of space, time and dynamics in relation to a stimulus
select and refine movement to communicate an idea
explore, improvise, select and refine movement based on specific ideas.
Students learn about:
stimulus as a starting point of dance composition
improvisation as a means to explore ideas
the distinctive ways in which they can express their own ideas and experiences
how personal style is a reflection of their movement choices.
Syllabus outcomes
4.2.2: composes dance movement, using the elements of dance, that communicates ideas.
5.2.2: composes and structures dance movement that communicates an idea.
Students learn to:
link movements to create a sequence
explore, discuss, reflect, analyse and refine movement sequences
manipulate movement using the elements of dance to create sequences and dances
identify and develop movement motifs to communicate an idea
organise movement into sequences
develop phrases that have a beginning, middle and end
create and refine dance phrases, sequences and compositions by exploring sequence, transition, repetition, variation and contrast.
Students learn about:
transitions and sequencing movement
how the movement can be manipulated to create further movement ideas
structuring dance compositions
the phrase as the link between the idea and the movement
developing personal style.
Appreciation
Appreciation
Appreciation: develop knowledge, understanding and skills about dance as an artform through dance appreciation as a means of describing and analysing dance as an expression of ideas within a social, cultural or historical context.
Syllabus outcomes
4.3.1: describes dance performance through the elements of dance.
5.3.1: describes and analyses dance as the communication of ideas within a context.
Students learn to:
describe how the body is used in space, time and dynamics in dance performance and composition
acquire, develop and apply an appropriate dance vocabulary.
Students learn about:
appropriate and effective movement content to communicate ideas
the language of dance used to describe the complexities evident in choreographed movement.
how the choreographer makes creative choices to refine ideas while remaining connected to the overall intent of the work.
Third-party content attributions
Third-party content attributions
State Dance Festival image, photographer: Anna Warr.
Dance 7-10 Syllabus, © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2003, copied under s113P, accessed 27 September 2021.
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