Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 117 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR FINE ARTS › Subchapter C - HIGH SCHOOL › Section 117.309 - Dance, Level IV (One Credit), Adopted 2013

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. Students may
				  fulfill fine arts and elective requirements for graduation by successfully
				  completing one or more of the following dance courses: Principles of Dance IV,
				  Ballet IV, Modern/Contemporary Dance IV, Jazz IV, Tap IV, World Dance Forms IV,
				  Dance Composition/Improvisation IV, Dance Theory IV, Dance Performance/Ensemble
				  IV, Dance Production IV, Dance Wellness IV, Dance History II, and International
				  Baccalaureate (IB) Dance II (one credit per course). The prerequisite for each
				  Dance, Level IV course is one credit of Dance, Level III in the corresponding
				  discipline.
(b) Introduction.
(1) The fine arts incorporate the study of
				  dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique experiences and
				  empower students to explore realities, relationships, and ideas. These
				  disciplines engage and motivate all students through active learning, critical
				  thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts develop cognitive
				  functioning and increase student academic achievement, higher-order thinking,
				  communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine arts applicable to
				  college readiness, career opportunities, workplace environments, social skills,
				  and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and cultural awareness through
				  exploration, leading to creative expression. Creativity, encouraged through the
				  study of the fine arts, is essential to nurture and develop the whole
				  child.
(2) Four basic
				  strands--foundations: perception; creative expression; historical and cultural
				  relevance; and critical evaluation and response--provide broad, unifying
				  structures for organizing the knowledge and skills students are expected to
				  acquire. Dance students develop perceptual thinking and movement abilities in
				  daily life, promoting an understanding of themselves and others. Students
				  develop movement principles and technical skills and explore choreographic and
				  performance qualities. Students develop self-discipline and healthy bodies that
				  move expressively, efficiently, and safely through space and time with a
				  sensitive kinesthetic awareness. Students recognize dance as a vehicle for
				  understanding historical and cultural relevance, increasing an awareness of
				  heritage and traditions of their own and others, and enabling them to
				  participate in a diverse society. Evaluating and analyzing dance allows
				  students to strengthen decision-making skills, develop critical and creative
				  thinking, and develop artistic and creative processes. Students continue to
				  explore technology and its application to dance and movement, enabling them to
				  make informed decisions about dance.
(3) Statements that contain the word
				  "including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
				  phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.