Dance

Level II

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2013

20 standards
  • Foundations: perception (1)
    • L.DANCE.1.A

      Demonstrate kinesthetic and spatial awareness individually and in groups.

    • L.DANCE.1.B

      Expand a comprehensive understanding of health, safety, and wellness for dancers.

    • L.DANCE.1.C

      Demonstrate effective knowledge of dance genres, styles, and vocabulary.

    • L.DANCE.1.D

      Interpret details in movement in natural and constructed environments.

  • Creative expression: artistic process (2)
    • L.DANCE.2.A

      Expand a comprehensive understanding of principles of proper body alignment.

    • L.DANCE.2.B

      Explore, improvise, and perform original movement during the creative process.

    • L.DANCE.2.C

      Expand the expression of ideas and emotions through movement.

    • L.DANCE.2.D

      Create enhanced compositional forms using fundamental dance elements for choreographic processes.

  • Creative expression: performance (3)
    • L.DANCE.3.A

      Perform extended movement patterns with rhythmical accuracy in dance genres and styles such as ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, musical theatre dance, and world dance forms.

    • L.DANCE.3.B

      Demonstrate the elements of dance effectively.

    • L.DANCE.3.C

      Perform enhanced compositional forms using sound choreographic processes; and August 2020 Update Page 11 §117.C. High School.

    • L.DANCE.3.D

      Implement an effective warm-up and cool-down, implementing the elements of proper conditioning for performing skills.

  • Historical and cultural relevance (4)
    • L.DANCE.4.A

      Analyze dances of various cultures or historical periods.

    • L.DANCE.4.B

      Choreograph short dance phrases that exhibit an understanding of various historical periods and social contexts.

    • L.DANCE.4.C

      Perform dances in various media and content areas.

    • L.DANCE.4.D

      Interpret historical and cultural dance forms using technology.

  • Critical evaluation and response (5)
    • L.DANCE.5.A

      Identify characteristics of a variety of dances.

    • L.DANCE.5.B

      Analyze qualities of performance and proper etiquette in dance.

    • L.DANCE.5.C

      Identify similarities of form and expression in dance and other content areas.

    • L.DANCE.5.D

      Apply knowledge and skills of technology in dance.