Dance___________________________
Essential Learnings
As stated by the QSA Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Framework Dance involves using the human body to express ideas, considering particular audiences and particular purposes, through dance elements in movement phrases. • Gross motor movements, including locomotor and non-locomotor, are used to create actions for movement phrases e.g. traveling with hops, runs and slides; staying on the spot using whole-body stretches, curls and twists. • Directions, levels, shapes and pathways are used to move in space within movement phrases e.g. using forwards direction, a low level on the ground, curved shapes and a straight pathway to move within a space. • Fast and slow movements are used to change timing in movement phrases e.g. using fast movements in a traditional Aboriginal dance to express the quick actions of an animal. • Percussive and sustained movement qualities are used to change energy in movement phrases e.g. representing a robot by stop-and-start energy changes in movement. • Structuring devices, including repetition and narrative forms, are used to organise movement phrases e.g. using a nursery rhyme to structure a dance story. (QSA, 2007, p.2) Click on the thumbnails above to view the larger image and references
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___________Elements of Dance______________ (Russell-Bowie, 2009)
1. Action
2. Time
3. Dynamics
4. Space
5. Relationships
6. Structure
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