Manitoba Education
Dance language & performance skills (DA-L1)»
Students demonstrate understanding of and facility with the elements of dance* in a variety of contexts.
Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to
| Kindergarten | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 |
| use movement to demonstrate understanding of the body in dance: body parts, body shapes, and body actions
K-4 DA-L1.1 |
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| Appendix A: The Body | ||||
| use movement to demonstrate understanding of space in dance: personal and general space, demensions, directions, levels , and pathways
K-4 DA-L1.2 |
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| Appendix B: Space | ||||
| use movement to demonstrate understanding of relationships in dance: relationships among dancers and between dancers and objects
K-4 DA-L1.3 |
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| Appendix C: Relationships | ||||
| demonstrate understanding that motion factors (time, weight, and flow) and gestures in dance can be used to create an endless range of movement qualities
K-4 DA-L1.4 |
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| Appendix D: Motion Factors and Gestures | ||||
| use appropriate dance vocabulary to label and describe elements of dance
K-4 DA-L1.6 |
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*Elements of dance: the body, space, relationships, and motion factors and gestures
See Appendices A to D.
