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Number: DA.68.S.1

Title: The arts are inherently experiential and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, interpreting, and responding to art.

Type: Enduring Understanding

Subject: Dance

Grade: 68

Big Idea: Skills, Techniques, and Processes

This cluster includes the following benchmarks

Code	Description
DA.68.S.1.1:	Explore dance phrases to investigate choreographic principles and structures.
DA.68.S.1.2:	Experiment with improvisational exercises to develop creative risk-taking capacities.
DA.68.S.1.3:	Analyze the possibilities and limitations of the body through short dance sequences.
DA.68.S.1.4:	Use kinesthetic knowledge to demonstrate comprehension of partnering and movement relationships between two or more dancers.

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
DA.68.S.1.In.0:	Imitate dance phrases to investigate choreographic principles and structures.
DA.68.S.1.In.1:	Use kinesthetic awareness to respond to shared movement with one or more dancers.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
DA.68.S.1.Su.0:	Imitate dance phrases to investigate choreographic principles.
DA.68.S.1.Su.1:	Explore shared movement with others.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
DA.68.S.1.Pa.0:	Imitate movement sequences to investigate choreographic principles.
DA.68.S.1.Pa.1:	Explore movement in space to increase kinesthetic awareness.

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Name	Description
Space Exploration: It’s Elemental!:	Students explore their own and others movement (e.g., axial, loco motor, isolated) in and through space, observing the ways and degrees to which each dancer's structure functions (e.g., joint movement, body control, isolation).

Name	Description
Structured Dance Improvisation Using Action Words:	PowerPoint outline for creating a dance phrase using action words.

Standard 1 : The arts are inherently experiential and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, interpreting, and responding to art.