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• VCADAD018

  Use choreographic devices to organise movement ideas and create dance sequences

  Elaborations

  • imitating and extending ideas presented by another dancer, teacher, film or a peer
  • extending single movement ideas into phrases and sequences by joining movements together, learning movement patterns varying known movement patterns, for example, changing body part, direction, level
  • using questions to explore forms and elements, for example, as students create movement, they respond to questions from peers and/or teachers such as ‘which levels are you using in this dance?’
  • developing awareness of and taking responsibility for safe dance practice, for example, being aware of self and others in the dance space, the boundaries of the dance space, and needs such as hydration
  • learning and practicing skills and techniques such as coordinating breathing and movement, developing movement memory, copying and mirroring movement, combining stillness and movement, and different locomotor movements, for example, walking, skipping, running, sliding, galloping

  VCADAD018 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Dance Practices

• VCADAE017

  Use fundamental locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body parts, bases and zones to explore safe movement possibilities and dance ideas

  Elaborations

  • exploring the movement possibilities of different body parts, in stillness and moving through space, using different body regions and from different body bases
  • exploring movement possibilities in response to stimulus such as words, stories, objects or images
  • using body parts in isolation and in combination to represent everyday movements, for example, brushing teeth or reading a book
  • using questions to explore forms and elements, for example, how they would move to express a word such as ‘swish’
  • using fabrics such chiffon or lycra, and equipment such as hoola hoops or lengths of rope, to create and extend dance ideas

  VCADAE017 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADAP019

  Use simple technical and expressive skills when presenting dance that communicates ideas to an audience

  Elaborations

  • presenting a learned sequence of movements to the class, teachers or parents, for example, a sequence the class has developed in response to a stimulus such as an image or a story
  • communicating ideas and feelings to an audience, for example, by stamping heavily or tip-toeing lightly, or using movement qualities such as slow, controlled sinking
  • using questions to explore how ideas are interpreted and presented in performance, for example, how were ideas communicated in their dance, or how would they describe the theme or ideas other students are communicating in their dance?
  • using expressive skills to engage the audience, for example, looking out to the audience and using facial expressions

  VCADAP019 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCADAR020

  Respond to dance, expressing what they enjoy and why

  Elaborations

  • thinking about constructive feedback when revising their dance ideas
  • describing in words, symbols and/or images, the movements and phrases they create or how they have expressed a feeling by moving in particular ways
  • identifying movements such as jumps, turns, walking, sliding, twisting when viewing dance, for example, their peers, dancers in a live performance, dancers on film
  • using questions to evaluate dance they experience, as a dancer, and as an audience, what sort of movements did the dancers perform in the dances at a local festival, what were they wearing, what kind of music were they dancing to?

  VCADAR020 | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret