BHS Dance

● Cultural and Historical Context ● Dance Styles and Genres ● Problems and Perspectives

● Cultural Context ● Historical Context ● Style ● Genre ● Perspective

● Experience, view, research, compare, and discuss dances, styles, and genres across cultural and historical contexts. ● Explore and apply various criteria to interpret and evaluate how dance can express problems and perspectives. ● Apply appropriate genre-specific terms.

EXAMPLE LESSONS, ASSESSMENTS, and OTHER RESOURCES

PBS Learning Media: Expression Through Dance Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators: Asking Good Questions to Prompt Student Thinking Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators: Exploring African and Hip Hop Dance

WISR CONNECTIONS:

Writing, Inquiry, Speaking, Listening, Reading, Viewing

DANCE 1 STANDARDS:

● L1.D.R.1: Select and compare different dances, and discuss their intent and artistic expression. ● L1.D.R.2: Explain how the elements of dance are used in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. ● L1.D.R.3: Experience a variety of culturally based dance forms; demonstrate and explain how one cultural form is different from another; and create and perform a dance that reflects one’s own cultural movement practice. ● L1.D.R.4: Use artistic criteria to determine what makes an effective performance considering content, context, genre, style, and/or cultural movement practice. ● L1.D.R.5: Analyze the artistic expression of a dance, and discuss insights using evaluative criteria and genre-specific dance terminology. ● L1.D.CO.1: Analyze a dance and interpret the ideas expressed by the choreographer and provide evidence to support analysis; explain how one's own personal perspectives may affect one’s interpretation.