STANDARD 1.2 (CREATION AND PERFORMANCE) ALL STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE THOSE SKILLS, MEDIA, METHODS, AND TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE TO EACH ART FORM IN THE CREATION, PERFORMANCE, AND PRESENTATION OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ART.

 

Descriptive Statement: Through developing products and performances in the arts, students enhance their perceptual, physical, and technical skills and learn that pertinent techniques and technologies apply to the successful completion of the tasks.  The development of sensory acuity (perceptual skills) enables students to perceive and acknowledge various viewpoints.  Appropriate physical movements, dexterity, and rhythm pertain to such activities as brush strokes in painting, dance movement, and fingering of musical instruments.

 

Active participation in the arts is essential to deep understanding of the imaginative and creative processes of the arts as they relate to the self and others.  Involvement in the presentational aspects of art and art making also leads to awareness and understanding of arts-related careers.

 

Cumulative Progress Indicators

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:

 

A.   Dance

1.    Demonstrate a broad range of dynamics and movement qualities by manipulating aspects of time, space, and energy.

2.    Choreograph and perform dance works based on social themes, using elements and production values that serve the selected theme.

3.     Develop and perform movement sequences and dance phrases that demonstrate rhythmic acuity, and employ such choreographic structures as AB, ABA, canon, call and response, or use of narratives.

4.     Design a dance work that incorporates at least two other art forms to enhance the central idea.

 

AND/OR

 

B.   Music

1.    Perform compositions containing progressively complex notation and use standard notation to record musical ideas.

2.     Perform independently and in groups a repertoire of diverse genres and cultures with appropriate expressive qualities.

3.     Improvise original melodies and/or rhythms over given chordal progressions or rhythmic accompaniments in a consistent style, meter, and tonality.

4.     Identify careers and lifelong opportunities for making music.

 

AND/OR

 

C.     Theater

 1.        Analyze descriptions, dialogue, and actions to discover, articulate, and create and portray character behaviors and justify character motivation.

 2.        Participate in theatrical presentations individually and in ensemble, interacting as invented characters across a spectrum of social/historical contexts.

 3.        Create dramatic action within the context of a given situation, using acting skills that generate a sense of truth, focus, character, personal or emotional ownership, ensemble relationship, physical control, and vocal clarity.  

        4.   Describe and analyze the components of theatrical design and production.

 

AND/OR

 

D.   Visual Art

1.    Incorporate various art elements and principles in the creation of works of art.

2.    Explore various media, technologies and processes in the production of two and three-dimensional art.

3.    Identify form, function, craftsmanship, and originality when creating a work of art.

4.    Identify careers and lifelong opportunities for making art.

 

 

Link to Standard 1.2 Grade 5-6

 

Link to Standard 1.2 High School

 

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