Year 11 Dance
Aims
Work collaboratively in a curious, constructive, creative environment
Celebrate innovation, emotional intelligence, effective communicative and problem solving skills
Generate and refine choreographic ideas through cycles of action and reflection
Communicate meanings, feelings, and interpretive understandings of the world using Dance as a vehicle
Use traditional and new technologies to engage in performance while critically analysing and reflecting on your own and other creators' practices from different contexts
Content
Dance Choreography - Selects and uses choreographic devices, structures, processes and technologies to develop and give form to dance ideas
Dance Performance - Prepares, rehearses and performs a range of dances and demonstrates an understanding of the performance requirements of the genres and contexts
Dance Performance - Develops and demonstrates skills in selected dance genres and styles and explores the use of a variety of technologies
Dance Perspectives - Explores, investigates and describes the features and backgrounds of a variety of dance genres and styles
Assessment
In class assessments, school examinations
This subject has links with
Drama, History, Photography, Art, Design
Prior knowledge required
An interest in Dance and/or Dance experience in any genre/context
Next step
NCEA Level 2 Dance