Standards
Implement movement from a variety of stimuli (e.g., music, observed dance, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, personal experience/recall, current news or social events) to develop dance content for an original dance study or dance.
Generate resourceIdentify and select personal preferences to create an original dance study or dance. Use genre-specific dance terminology to articulate and justify choices made in movement development to communicate intent.
Generate resourceRelate connections found between different dances and discuss the relevance of the connections to the development of one’s personal perspectives.
Generate resourceInvestigate two contrasting topics using a variety of research methods. Identify and organize ideas to create representative movement phrases. Create a dance study exploring the contrasting ideas. Discuss how the research informed the choreographic process and deepens understanding of the topics.
Generate resourceAnalyze and discuss how dances from a variety of cultures, societies, historical periods, or communities reveal the ideas and perspectives of the people.
Generate resourceCollaborate to select and apply a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to choreograph an original dance study or dance with a clear artistic intent. Articulate the group process for making movement and structural choices.
Generate resourceDefine and apply artistic criteria to choreograph a dance that communicates personal or cultural meaning. Discuss how the criteria clarify or intensify the meaning of the dance.
Generate resourceRevise choreography collaboratively or independently based on artistic criteria, self-reflection, and the feedback of others. Articulate the reasons for choices and revisions and explain how they clarify and enhance the artistic intent.
Generate resourceExperiment with aspects of a recognized system and use the system to document one or more sections of a dance (e.g., writing, a form of notation symbols, or using media technologies).
Generate resourceSculpt the body in space and design body shapes in relation to other dancers, objects, and environment. Use focus during complex floor and air patterns and/or pathways.
Generate resourceAnalyze and select metric, kinetic, and breath phrasing and apply appropriately to dance phrases. Perform dance phrases of different lengths that use various timings within the same section. Use different tempi in different body parts at the same time.
Generate resourceDirect energy and dynamics in such a way that movement is textured. Incorporate energy and dynamics to technique exercises and dance performance. Use energy and dynamics to enhance and project movements.
Generate resourceEmbody technical dance skills (e.g., functional alignment, coordination, balance, core support, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility/range of motion) to replicate, recall, and execute spatial designs and musical or rhythmical dance phrases.
Generate resourceEvaluate personal healthful practices in dance activities and everyday life including nutrition and injury prevention. Discuss choices made, the effects experienced, and methods for improvement.
Generate resourceCollaborate with peers to discover strategies for achieving performance accuracy, clarity, and expressiveness. Articulate personal performance goals and practice to reach goals. Document personal improvement over time (e.g., journaling, portfolio, or timeline).
Generate resourceDemonstrate leadership qualities (e.g., commitment, dependability, responsibility, and cooperation) when preparing for performances. Use performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal, and performance. After the performance, accept notes from choreographer and apply corrections to future performances. Document efforts and create a plan for ongoing improvements.
Generate resourceCollaborate to design and execute production elements that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of a dance performed on a stage, in a different venue, or for different audiences. Explain reasons for choices using production terminology
Generate resourceDescribe, demonstrate, and discuss patterns of movement and their relationships in dance in context of artistic intent.
Generate resourceExplain how the elements of dance are used in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices to communicate intent. Use genre-specific dance terminology.
Generate resourceSelect a dance and explain how artistic expression is achieved through relationships among the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, dance structure, and context. Cite evidence in the dance to support your interpretation using genre-specific dance terminology.
Generate resourceUse artistic criteria to determine what makes an effective performance. Consider content, context, genre, style, or cultural movement practice to comprehend artistic expression. Use genre-specific dance terminology.
Generate resourceRelate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding
Generate resourceAccess, evaluate, and use internal and external resources, such as cultural and societal knowledge, research, and exemplary works, to inform the creation of media artworks.
Generate resourceExplain and demonstrate how media artworks expand meaning and knowledge, and create cultural experiences, such as local and global events.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts, purposes, and values, such as democracy, environment, and connecting people and places.
Generate resourceAnalyze and responsibly interact with media arts tools, environments, and legal and technological contexts, considering ethics, media literacy, social media, and virtual worlds.
Generate resourceGenerate ideas, goals, and solutions for original media artworks through application of focused creative processes, such as divergent thinking and experimenting.
Generate resourceStructure and critique ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering intent, resources, and the presentation context.
Generate resourceImplement production processes to integrate content and stylistic conventions for determined purpose and meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated aesthetic principles, such as theme and unity.
Generate resourceRefine media artworks, improving technical quality and intentionally accentuating stylistic elements, to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience, and place.
Generate resourceIntegrate multiple contents and forms into unified media arts productions, such as interdisciplinary projects or multimedia theatre, that convey specific themes or ideas.
Generate resourceDemonstrate a defined range of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, such as strategizing and collaborative communication, through performing specified roles in producing media artworks.
Generate resourceDemonstrate a defined range of creative and innovative abilities, such as divergent solutions and bending conventions, in developing new solutions for identified problems within and through media arts productions.
Generate resourceDesign the presentation and distribution of media artworks through multiple formats and/ or contexts considering previous results on personal growth and external effects.
Generate resourceCompare, contrast, and analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components, content, and intentions in media artworks.
Generate resourceCompare, contrast, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience and create intention.
Generate resourceAnalyze the intent and meanings of a variety of media artworks, focusing on intentions, forms, and various contexts.
Generate resourceEvaluate media artworks and production processes with developed criteria, considering context and artistic goals.
Generate resourceRelate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding
Generate resourceGenerate rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases and harmonic accompaniments within expanded forms (including introductions, transitions, and codas) that convey expressive intent.
Generate resourceExamine and demonstrate how personal interests, knowledge, and ideas relate to choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
Generate resourceExamine and demonstrate connections between music and societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding.
Generate resourceSelect, organize, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements, songs, and compositions within expanded forms that demonstrate tension and release, unity and variety, balance, and convey expressive intent.
Generate resourceUse standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/video recording to document personal rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and harmonic sequences.
Generate resourceEvaluate personal work by selecting and applying criteria including appropriate application of compositional techniques, style, form, and use of sound sources.
Generate resourceDescribe the rationale for refining works by explaining the choices, based on evaluation criteria.
Generate resourcePresent the final version of documented personal composition, song, or arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate the application of compositional techniques for creating unity and variety, tension and release, and balance to convey expressive intent.
Generate resourceApply personally developed criteria for selecting music of contrasting styles for a program with a specific purpose and/or context, and explain expressive qualities, technical challenges, and reasons for choices.
Generate resourceIdentity how personal, social, cultural, and historical context inform performances and result in different music interpretations.
Generate resourceWhen analyzing selected music, sight-read in treble, alto, or bass clef simple rhythmic, melodic, and/or harmonic notation.
Generate resourceCompare the structure of contrasting pieces of music selected for performance, explaining how the elements of music are used in each.
Generate resourcePerform contrasting pieces of music, demonstrating and explaining how the music’s intent is conveyed by interpretations of the elements of music and expressive qualities (such as articulation/style and phrasing).
Generate resourceIdentify and apply personally developed criteria (such as demonstrating correct interpretation of notation, technical skill of performer, originality, emotional impact, variety, and interest) to rehearse, refine, and determine when the music is ready to perform.
Generate resourceDemonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for venue, purpose, context, and style.
Generate resourcePerform the music, alone or with others, with technical accuracy, stylistic expression, and culturally authentic practices in music to convey the creator’s intent.
Generate resourceSelect programs of music and demonstrate the connections to an interest or experience for a specific purpose.
Generate resourceIdentify and compare the context of programs of music from a variety of genres, cultures, and historical periods.
Generate resourceCompare how the elements of music and expressive qualities relate to the structure within programs of music.
Generate resourceSupport personal interpretations of contrasting programs of music and explain how creators’ and performers’ apply the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres, cultures, and historical periods, to convey expressive intent.
Generate resourceApply appropriate personally developed criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.
Generate resourceRelate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding
Generate resourceRelate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding
Generate resourceConnect and demonstrate how personal interests, knowledge, and skills relate to choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
Generate resourceConnect and demonstrate the relationships between music and societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding.
Generate resourceGenerate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for improvisations, compositions, and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.
Generate resourceSelect, develop, and use standard notation and audio/ video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of improvisations, compositions, and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.
Generate resourceDevelop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions and three or more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.
Generate resourcePerform final versions of improvisations, compositions, and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.
Generate resourceExplain the criteria used when selecting a varied repertoire of music for individual or small group performances that include melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (social, cultural, or historical) in a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.
Generate resourceDescribe in interpretations the context (social, cultural, or historical) and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music selected for performance that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.
Generate resourceDevelop and apply criteria to critique individual and small group performances of a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns, and create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.
Generate resourcePerform with expression and technical accuracy, in individual and small group performances, a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns, demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (social, cultural, or historical).
Generate resourceApply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, and context (social, cultural, and historical).
Generate resourceCompare passages in musical selections and explain how the elements of music and context (social, cultural, or historical) inform the response.
Generate resourceExplain and support possible interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context (personal, social, and cultural), (when applicable) the setting of the text, and outside sources.
Generate resourceDevelop and apply teacher provided and established criteria based on personal preference, analysis, and context (personal, social, and cultural) to evaluate individual and small group musical selections.
Generate resourceSynthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art. Examine a community issue through multiple perspectives in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceRelate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding.
Generate resourceUse different forms, styles, and genres of drama/theatre work to examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues.
Generate resourceExamine the practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and creative commons as they apply to creating works of art and design.
Generate resourceImagine and explore multiple perspectives and solutions to staging problems in a drama/ theatre work.
Generate resourceDevelop a scripted or improvised character by articulating the character’s inner thoughts, objectives, and motivations in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceImagine and explore solutions to design challenges of a performance space in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceArticulate and apply critical analysis, personal experience, research, and historical and cultural context to the development of original ideas for a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceShare leadership and responsibilities to develop collaborative goals when preparing or devising drama/theatre work.
Generate resourcePractice collaboration, analysis, and reflection to refine a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceRefine effective physical, vocal, and physiological traits of characters in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceImplement and refine a planned design using technical theatre elements during the rehearsal process for devised or scripted drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceExplore different pacing to better communicate the story in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceUse various character objectives and tactics in a drama/theatre work to overcome an obstacle.
Generate resourceUse a variety of acting techniques to increase skills in a rehearsal or drama/ theatre performance.
Generate resourceUse a variety of technical theatre elements to create a design for a rehearsal or drama/theatre production.
Generate resourceConvey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work. Perform a rehearsed, scripted scene from a drama/theatre work for an audience.
Generate resourcePerceive and Analyze Artistic Work. Apply appropriate criteria to the evaluation of artistic choices in a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceRecognize and share artistic choices when participating in or observing a drama/ theatre work.
Generate resourceAnalyze how cultural contexts influence the evaluation of a drama/ theatre work.
Generate resourceApply personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to evaluate a drama/theatre work.
Generate resourceRespond to a drama/ theatre work using supporting evidence, personal aesthetics, and artistic criteria.
Generate resourceDifferentiate the effect of technical theatre elements used in a drama/ theatre work to assess aesthetic choices.
Generate resourceSynthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art. Make art collaboratively to reflect on and reinforce positive aspects of group identity.
Generate resourceRelate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding. Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity.
Generate resourceDocument early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or contemporary media.
Generate resourceCollaboratively shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art and design.
Generate resourceDemonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of artmaking or designing
Generate resourceDemonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and Creative Commons as they apply to creating works of art and design.
Generate resourceSelect, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.
Generate resourceRefine and Complete Artistic Work. Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.
Generate resourceSelect, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation. Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation.
Generate resourceDevelop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation. Collaboratively prepare and present selected theme-based artwork for display, and formulate exhibition narratives for the viewer.
Generate resourceConvey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work. Analyze why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences.
Generate resourceExplain how a person’s aesthetic choices are influenced by culture, environment, and personal experiences that impacts the message it conveys to others.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
Generate resourceInterpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work. Interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of media, artmaking approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood conveyed.
Generate resourceApply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work. Create a convincing and logical argument to support an evaluation of art.
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