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
| Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 |
| use movement to demonstrate understanding of the body as the dancer’s instrument
5-8 DA-L1.1 |
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| Appendix A: The Body | |||
| use movement to demonstrate an integrated understanding of space in dance: dimensions, directions, levels, and pathways)
5-8 D-L1.2 |
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| Appendix B: Space | |||
| use movement to demonstrate understanding of relationships in dance
5-8 D-L1.3 |
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| Appendix C: Relationships | |||
| create varied movement qualities by combining motion factors in dance
5-8 D-L1.4 |
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| Appendix E: Movement Qualities | |||
| use movement to demonstrate understanding of expressive gestures (e.g., social, ritualistic, functional, emotional, character) in dance
5-8 D-L1.5 |
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| use appropriate dance vocabulary to label, describe, and analyze elements of dance
5-8 D-L1.6 |
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*Elements of dance: the body, space, relationships, and motion factors and gestures, movement qualities, and expressive gestures
See Appendices A to E.
