Middle School Level 3

Demonstrate basic kinesthetic and spatial awareness individually and in groups.

Distinguish between concepts of wellness for healthy lifestyles.

Implement body science applications through dance genres, styles, and vocabulary.

Develop dance movement elements through space, energy, and time.

Apply basic principles of proper body alignment.

Demonstrate knowledge of dance composition elements, improvisation skills, and choreographic processes.

Create movement studies using rhythmical skills and spatial directions.

Design and demonstrate expressions of ideas or emotions individually and in groups.

Apply various dance genres and styles such as ballet, jazz, tap, modern dance, musical theatre dance, and world dance forms.

Perform individually and in groups with the intent to express emotions, communicate, and project to an audience.

Evaluate the use of dance elements in practice and performance incorporating technology and elements of dance production.

Practice an effective warm-up and cool-down using elements of proper conditioning for performing skills.

Compare and contrast the cultural significance as communicated through dance movement, identifying historical figures and their contributions to dance history.

Evaluate movement characteristics of historical and cultural dance forms and the contributions of their artists.

Perform a dance representing one's heritage or environment.

Create dances in various media and other content areas.

Design and apply criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of dance performances while incorporating appropriate etiquette in the classroom and performances; Page 10 August 2019 Update.

Create relationships between dance and other content subjects.

Compare and contrast the content and choreographic structures used by various American choreographers.

Interpret, evaluate, and justify artistic decisions of personal dance works.