Improvise and structure movement ideas for dance sequences using the elements of dance and choreographic devices
Elaborations
using contrast and repetition to explore and generate new movement in response to stimuli such as stories, memories and the environment (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
exploring known movements to find alternative ways of performing them, for example, waving hello or shaking hands and then doing the same action at a different level, in a different direction, bigger/smaller, using a different body part (Skills: Personal and Social Capability)
altering movements in a set, teacher-directed or student-devised dance using the elements of space, time, dynamics and relationships to express ideas, for example, increasing the size of a movement to represent growth (Skills: Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
selecting and combining movements using choreographic devices such as contrast and repetition, for example, combining movements learned in a dance from Asia with other dance movements, or repeating movement to show emphasis (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)
Considering viewpoints - forms and elements: For example - How did the/does your dance begin? Was/is there a middle part? How did/does the dance end? What shapes did you see/make? (individual and group) (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)