Improvise and sequence dance movements to communicate moods and feelings
Elaborations
dancers changing tempo and rhythm as the music changes
exploring and practising a range of movement types, for example light and heavy movements
practising to a range of fundamental movements to music, for example, walking, running, marching, galloping, skipping, crawling (locomotor), bending, stretching, twisting, turning (non-locomotor)
practising to begin to develop technical skills of body control, balance and coordination and responding to teacher’s feedback
VCADAD014 | The Arts | Dance | Level D | Dance Practices
VCADAR016
Respond to dance and describe some of the characteristics they observe
Elaborations
discussing basic features, such as what is the dance about, its costumes, movements
identifying where they have experience dance in their lives, for example, community, social events and what these dances are about
identifying in dance the different feelings about the world and other people’s ideas and explore how each dance can be different
VCADAR016 | The Arts | Dance | Level D | Respond and Interpret