Government of Manitoba
Creative Expression in Dance

Creative Expression in Dance (DA-C1) »
Students generate and use ideas from a variety of sources for creating and performing dance.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
generate multiple ideas for choreography through constructive experimentation with movement

5-8 DA-C1.1

demonstrate understanding of improvisation as a valuable component of the choreographic process

5-8 DA-C1.2

generate multiple ideas, themes, and motifs for dance from personally meaningful and relevant sources (e.g., feelings, memories, imagination, observations, associations; learning in other subject areas; cultural traditions; personal responses to current events, social and environmental issues, media and technology)

5-8 DA-C1.3

generate and extend ideas for dance making in response to analyzing the works of other dancers and performers

5-8 DA-C1.4

collect and explore a wide range of resources (e.g., a choreographer’s process folio may include journal entries, sketches or maps of dances, reflections on the choreographic process, photographs, videotapes, analyses of how to refine dances) for stimulating and developing own dance ideas

5-8 DA-C1.5