Years 9 and 10

In Dance, students:

• build on their awareness of the body and how it is used in particular dance styles
• extend their understanding and use space, time, dynamics and relationships to expand their choreographic intentions
• extend the combinations of fundamental movement skills to include dance style-specific movement skills
• extend technical skills from the previous band, increasing their confidence, accuracy, clarity of movement and projection
• draw on dances from a range of cultures, times and locations as they experience dance
• explore the dance and influences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and those of the Asia region
• reflect on the development of traditional and contemporary styles of dance and how choreographers can be identified through the style of their choreography
• learn about sustainability through the arts and sustainability of practices in the arts
• explore meaning and interpretation, forms and elements, and social, cultural and historical contexts of dance as they make and respond to dance
• evaluate dancers' success in expressing the choreographers' intentions and the use of expressive skills in dances they view and perform
• understand that safe dance practices underlie all experiences in the study of dance
• perform within their own body capabilities and work safely in groups.

(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)

Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students analyse the choreographer’s use of the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production elements to communicate choreographic intent in dances they make, perform and view. They evaluate the impact of dance from different cultures, places and times on Australian dance.

Students choreograph dances by manipulating and combining the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production elements to communicate their choreographic intent. They choreograph, rehearse and perform dances, demonstrating technical and expressive skills appropriate to the genre and style.

(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)