Year 10 Dance

In this unit students develop a personal movement vocabulary that is informed by knowledge of dance from different cultures, times and locations. Students build on their awareness of how the body can be used to communicate dance ideas and how it is used in specific dance styles. They extend their understanding and use of the elements of dance (space, time, energy) to communicate ideas and intentions. They extend their ability to use technical and expressive skills safely performing within their own body capabilities and working safely in dance spaces and groups. As they make and respond to dance, students draw on dances from a range of cultures, times and locations and reflect on the development of traditional and contemporary dance styles and how choreographers can be identified through the style of their choreography. Students extend their exploration of ways that they and others nurture, develop and sustain dance practice.

Learning Standards: 

EXPLORE AND EXPRESS IDEAS

• Explore personal movement style by combining elements of dance and using improvisation and safe dance practice to develop new movement possibilities 
• Manipulate combinations of the elements of dance and choreographic devices to communicate their choreographic intent
  

DANCE PRACTICES

• Practise and refine technical and expressive skills to develop proficiency in genre and style-specific techniques
• Structure dances using movement motifs, choreographic devices and form
  

PRESENT AND PERFORM

• Perform dances using genre-and style specific techniques, expressive skills and productions elements to communicate a choreographer’s intent
  

RESPOND AND INTERPRET

• Evaluate their own choreography and performance, and that of others, to inform and refine future work
• Analyse a range of dance from contemporary and past times, including dance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, to explore differing viewpoints and develop understanding of dance practice across local, national and international contexts

ASSESSMENT

• History of a dance style
• Devised group dance
• Learnt dance work
• Dance analysis
• Examination

Contribution and participation in practical classes will also be considered.

Other Dance units available to be studied in Year 10

• VCE Dance Unit 1 & 2
• VET Certificate II in Dance Unit 1& 2