ARTSEDGE: 9-12 Dance

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Targeted Standards:

National Standards for Arts Education:

The standards outline what every K-12 student should know and be able to do in the arts. The standards were developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, through a grant administered by The National Association for Music Education (MENC).

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Dance

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Content Standard 5

Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods

Achievement Standard

Students perform and describe similarities and differences between two contemporary theatrical forms of dance Proficient:
Students perform or discuss the traditions and technique of a classical dance form (e.g., Balinese, ballet)
Students create and answer twenty-five questions about dance and dancers prior to the twentieth century
Students analyze how dance and dancers are portrayed in contemporary media

Advanced:

Students create a time line illustrating important dance events in the twentieth century, placing them in their social/historical/cultural/political contexts
Students compare and contrast the role and significance of dance in two different social/historical/ cultural/political contexts

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