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• VCADAP023

  Use simple technical and expressive skills when presenting dance that communicates ideas about themselves and their world to an audience

  Elaborations

  • rehearsing learned dance sequences in the performance space, discussing feedback and making changes to enhance communication with the audience
  • combining movement and the use of props such as scarves when presenting dance
  • performing a dance they have created to the class focusing on using appropriate facial expressions and maintaining safe dance practices
  • using questions to interpret dance they view, for example, what did this dance make them think about and why?, what shapes can they see in the dance?, how are the movements combined?

  VCADAP023 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 1 and 2 | Present and Perform

• Dance: Foundation Level achievement standards

  By the end of Foundation, students make and perform dance sequences and demonstrate safe dance practice.

  Students describe what happens in dance they make, perform and view.

  Level description | The Arts | Dance | Foundation Level

• Dance: Level A achievement standards

  By the end of Level A, students participate in dance activities. They move body parts safely and react to aspects of dance they make, perform and view.

  Level description | The Arts | Dance | Level A

• VCADAR032

  Explain how the elements of dance and production elements communicate ideas in dances from different contexts they make, perform and view, including in dances by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • discussing the purpose of movements, elements of dance, production elements and use of projection and focus and how these can affect the mood of the audience
  • using questions to compare features of dances from different societies and cultures for example, when comparing dances from India and Australia, what do they recognise, what is new to them, how do the dancers express ideas, and what performance spaces are used
  • identifying and discussing the significance intended by a choreographer’s use of movement, space and energy, for example, the use of space and energy in an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander dance performed in their local community, a Chinese ribbon dance, or a Sumatran tambourine dance
  • using questions to interpret a dance, for example, how the movement of the body is used to convey ideas about a story, character or idea, or how was space, costume and/or multimedia used to communicate ideas in the dance
  • considering social and cultural influences as part of a discussion about the role of dance across societies, cultures, environments, locations and times, for examples, the protocols for performing an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander dance, conventions of a Kecak dance from Bali
  • expressing opinions about the way dancers communicate their intentions through use of technical and expressive skills

  VCADAR032 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 5 and 6 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADAR028

  Identify how the elements of dance and production elements are used to express ideas in dance they make, perform and view, including in dances from local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • discussing the planning, developing or refining of aspects of a dance they are making and how their dance has been influenced by dance they have viewed or performed
  • using questions to interpret dance from different times, places and locations, for example, what clues in the dance tell students where it was made, by whom and why, or can the students dance their journey from school to home?
  • comparing the expectations and requirements of performers and audience in different cultural settings, for example, viewing a dance performed at a Tanderrum and talking about the roles of the performers, other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people taking part in the ceremony and the general audience
  • comparing dances in their local community to dances of other people, times and locations
  • using dance terminology to write about and discuss their intentions as dance-makers

  VCADAR028 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 3 and 4 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADAR024

  identify where people can experience dance in the local community, for example, talking with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about how dance sustains and communicates cultural knowledge

  Elaborations

  • identifying where people can experience dance in the local community, for example, keeping a diary of ‘dance experiences’ and discussing how dance sustains and communicate cultural knowledge
  • recognising that dance can show that people have different feelings about the world based on their experiences
  • using questions to explore the societies and cultures of dance they view, for example, when is this dance performed?, who made the dance?, how do people learn this dance?
  • recognising and describing patterns of movement in dances they make, perform and view, using their own words and learnt dance terminology

  VCADAR024 | The Arts | Dance | Levels 1 and 2 | Respond and Interpret

• Dance: Level B achievement standards

  By the end of Level B, students follow safe practice when moving body parts and performing dance sequences.

  Students communicate responses to dances they make, perform and view.

  Level description | The Arts | Dance | Level B

• Dance: Levels 1 and 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2 students use the elements of dance and fundamental movement skills to make and perform safely, dance sequences that express ideas.

  Students communicate about dances they make, perform and view, and discuss where and why people dance.

  Level description | The Arts | Dance | Levels 1 and 2

• The Arts | Dance: Learning in Dance

  In Dance, students explore the elements of dance, skills, techniques and processes through the practices of choreography, performance and appreciation. The body is the instrument of expression and students use combinations of the elements of dance: space, time, dynamics and relationships, to communicate...

  Overview material | Dance

• Dance: Level C description

  In Level C, students explore dance. They learn about how dance can represent the world and they make dances to represent their ideas about the world. They share their dance with peers and experience dance as audiences.

  Students become aware of their bodies and learn about the body bases, parts...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• Dance: Level A description

  In Level A, students are exposed to dance. Dance assists them to attend to and explore the world around them with as much independence as possible. They experience dance and are encouraged to use gestures and body movements to react and respond to the world around them.

  Students become aware of...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• Dance: Level B description

  In Level B, students explore dance. They explore how dance can represent the world and they make dances to represent their ideas about the world. They share their dance with peers and experience dance as audiences.

  Students become aware of their bodies and explore the body bases, parts and zones...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• Dance: Level D description

  In Level D, students explore dance. They learn about how dance can represent the world and they make dances to represent their ideas about the world. They share their dance with peers and experience dance as audiences.

  Students become aware of their bodies and learn about the body bases, parts...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• Dance: Levels 3 and 4 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 4, students structure movements into dance sequences and use the elements of dance and choreographic devices to communicate their ideas and intentions. They make dances and perform safely with control, accuracy, projection and focus.

  Students describe and discuss similarities...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance | Levels 3 and 4

• Dance: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students structure movements in dance sequences and use elements of dance and choreographic devices to make dances that communicate ideas and intentions. They perform dances for audiences, demonstrating technical and expressive skills and safe dance practice.

  Students explain...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance | Levels 5 and 6

• Dance: Levels 9 and 10 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 10, students choreograph dances by manipulating and combining the elements of dance, choreographic devices, and form and production elements to communicate their choreographic intent. They choreograph, rehearse and perform dances, demonstrating safe dance practice and technical...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance | Levels 9 and 10

• Dance: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, students make and respond to dance independently, collaboratively with peers and teachers, and as an audience for other dancers’ work.

  Students extend their awareness of how the whole body and different parts, zone and bases can be used to communicate ideas. They explore and...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• Dance: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students make and respond to dance, independently, with their peers, teachers and communities. They explore dance forms and styles through choreography and performance and by exploring ideas and intentions, forms and elements.

  Working within their own body capabilities, students...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• Dance: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students continue their exploration of how dance can communicate ideas about themselves and their world and they make dances to express their ideas. They share their dance with peers and in informal settings, learn about safe dance practice and experience dance as audiences.

  As ...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• The Arts | Dance: Structure

  The Dance curriculum is structured around four interdependent strands, each of which involves making and responding.

  Strands

  Strand	Explore and Express Ideas	Dance Practices	Present and Perform	Respond and Interpret
  	Focuses on exploring and shaping ideas to express and communicate intentions. Students...

  Overview material | Dance