STANDARD 1.3 (ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES) ALL STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ART.

 

Descriptive Statement:  In order to understand the visual and performing arts, students must discover the elements and principles both unique and common to dance, music, theater, and the visual arts.  The elements, such as color, line, shape, form and rhythm, time, space and energy, are the basis for the creation of works of art.  An understanding of these elements and practice of the principles ensure the strengthening of interdisciplinary relationships with all content area curricula and their applications in daily life.   

 

Cumulative Progress Indicators

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 6, students will:

 

A.   Dance

1.    Analyze both formal and expressive aspects of time, shape, space and energy, in various dance works.

2.   Analyze the principles of choreography applied in a master dance work.

3.    Differentiate among the various artistic and non-artistic contributions involved in dance production.

4.   Analyze the interrelationship between dance movement and the movements of everyday life and effectively demonstrate the difference between pantomiming and abstracting a gesture.

5.    Interpret compositional use of dance elements for expressive purposes.

 

B.   Music

1.    Analyze musical elements in response to aural prompts and printed scores representing diverse genres and cultures and notational systems.

2.    Demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions.

 

C.   Theater

1.    Examine the range of roles and characterizations possible in theatrical production and performance.

2.    Examine the relationship between physicality and character development.

3.    Identify various tactics employed by actors to create believable, motivated action.

 

D.   Visual Art

1.    Describe the emotional significance conveyed in the application of the elements.

2.    Describe a work of art that clearly illustrates a principle of design.

 

 

Link to Standard 1.3 Grade 3-4

 

Link to Standard 1.3 Grade 7-8

 

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