Students demonstrate understanding of dance by analyzing and interpreting what the choreographer or dancer presents through movement. Students understand and apply the elements of dance and choreographic principles and processes used to express feelings, images, and ideas in dance performances. Students understand major historical and cultural dance traditions and styles. Students understand that dance and dancers reflect and influence culture. Students use specific criteria to identify and evaluate the qualities and merits of works in dance.
Students demonstrate understanding of form and meaning in dance.
Music Artistic Perception 1. Students listen to and analyze music, using the vocabulary and language of music. Students read and notate music. Creative Expression 3. Students sing or perform on instruments a varied repertoire of music.