ABLEWA Stage DTest
The Arts Scope and SequenceABLEWA Stage D
Year Stage Description
In Stage D, students explore dance. They learn about how dance can represent the world and they make dances to represent their ideas about the world. They share their dance with peers and experience dance as audiences.
Students become aware of their bodies and learn about the body bases, parts and zones used safely in dance. They explore space, time, dynamics and relationships as they make and observe dances. They explore locomotor and non-locomotor movements, and use these fundamental movement skills in their own dance. Students experiment with simple technical and expressive skills and begin to learn about choreographic devices through assisting to select and organise movements for small group and in their own dances.
Students experience dances from a range of cultures, times and locations, including dances from cultures in their local community.
Stage D Content Descriptions
Explore and Represent Ideas
Develop safe fundamental movements and technical skills when exploring dance ideas (VCADAE013)
Dance Practices
Improvise and sequence dance movements to communicate moods and feelings (VCADAD014)
Present and Perform
Perform dance that communicates ideas, feelings, observations and/or experiences to an audience (VCADAP015)
Respond and Interpret
Respond to dance and describe some of the characteristics they observe (VCADAR016)
Achievement standard
By the end of Stage D, students make and share a simple dance sequence and demonstrate safe dance practice.
Students provide a simple explanation about the features and purpose of their own dance.
Year Stage Description
In Stage D, students explore dance. They learn about how dance can represent the world and they make dances to represent their ideas about the world. They share their dance with peers and experience dance as audiences.
Students become aware of their bodies and learn about the body bases, parts and zones used safely in dance. They explore space, time, dynamics and relationships as they make and observe dances. They explore locomotor and non-locomotor movements, and use these fundamental movement skills in their own dance. Students experiment with simple technical and expressive skills and begin to learn about choreographic devices through assisting to select and organise movements for small group and in their own dances.
Students experience dances from a range of cultures, times and locations, including dances from cultures in their local community.