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Standard 1:
Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the art (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts. |
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| Dance | Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions. | ||
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Students know and demonstrate a range of movement elements and skills (such as balance, alignment, elevation, and landing) and basic dance steps, positions, and patterns. |
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Students dance a range of forms from free improvisation to structured choreography. |
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Students create or improvise dance phrases, studies, and dances, alone and/or in collaboration with others, in a variety of contexts. |
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Students demonstrate the ability to take various roles in group productions and performances. |
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| Music | Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual andgroup musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music. | ||
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Students compose simple pieces that reflect a knowledge of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, timbrel, and dynamic elements. |
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Students sing and/or play, alone and in combination with other voice or instrument parts, a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs, from notation, with a good tone, pitch, duration, and loudness. |
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Students improvise short musical compositions that exhibit cohesiveness and musical expression. |
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Students in performing ensembles, read moderately easy/moderately difficult music (NYSSMA level III-IV) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor. |
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Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and composing music of their own and others, and discuss ways to improve them. |
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| Theatre | Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre. | ||
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Students use improvisation and guided play writing to communicate ideas and feelings. |
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Students imitate various experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, storytelling, role playing, improvisation and guided play writing. |
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Students use language, voice, gesture, movement, and observation to create character and interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance. |
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Students create props, scenery, and costumes through individual and group effort. |
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Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama within the school/community, and discuss ways to improve them. |
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| Visual Arts | Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works. | ||
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Students produce a collection of art works, in a variety of mediums, based on a range of individual and collective experiences. |
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Students know and use a variety of sources for developing and conveying ideas, images, themes, symbols, and events in their creation of art. |
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Students use the elements and principles of art to communicate specific meanings to others in their art work. |
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Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works and discuss ways to improve them. |
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Students during the creative process, reflect on the effectiveness of selected mediums or techniques to convey intended meanings. |
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