Grades
Standard
Use the basic physical and chemical properties of the technical aspects of theatre (such as light, color, electricity, paint, and [...]
Communicate directorial choices to a small ensemble for improvised or scripted scenes.
Construct imaginative scripts and collaborate with actors to refine scripts so that story and meaning are conveyed to an audience.
Individually and in ensemble, create and sustain characters that communicate with audiences.
Sing and play with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire of vocal and instrumental literature with a [...]
Make informed, critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations applying specific criteria.
Perform an appropriate part in large and small ensembles, demonstrating well-developed ensemble skills.
Evaluate a I. Performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models.
Perform music using instruments (traditional and non-traditional) and electronic media.
Sight read accurately and expressively, music with a moderate level of difficulty.
Improvise rhythmic and melodic variations given pentatonic melodies, and melodies in major and minor keys.
Improvise original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality.
Compose music in several different styles, demonstrate creativity in using the elements of music for expressive effect.
Arrange pieces for voices or instruments, other than those for which the pieces were written, in ways that preserve or [...]
Compose and arrange music for voices and various acoustic and electronic instruments, demonstrating knowledge of the ranges and traditional usage [...]
Demonstrate extensive knowledge and use of the technical vocabulary of music.
Analyze aural examples of a varied repertoire of music, representing diverse genres and cultures, by describing the uses of elements [...]
Identify and explain compositional devices and techniques and their purposes, giving examples of other works that make similar uses of [...]
Reflect on and describe how movement choices communicate abstract ideas in dance.
Create a dance and revise it over time, articulating the reasons for artistic decisions, and what was lost and gained [...]
Establish a set of aesthetic criteria and apply it in evaluating their own work and that of others.
Formulate and answer their own aesthetic questions; e.g., what is it that makes a particular dance that dance? How much [...]
Explain how personal experience influences the interpretation of a dance.
Perform and describe similarities and differences between two contemporary theatrical forms of dance.
Perform or discuss the traditions and techniques of a classical dance form.
Demonstrate understanding of how personal experience influences the interpretation of a dance.
Effectively communicate how lifestyle choices; e.g., exercise, diet, habits, affect the dancer.
Create an inter-disciplinary project based on a theme identified by the student, including dance and two other disciplines, such as [...]
Through brief dances, demonstrate understanding of structures or forms such as palindrome, theme and variation, rondo, round, as well as [...]
Clearly identify commonalities and differences between dance and other disciplines with regard to fundamental concepts, such as materials, elements, and [...]
Choreograph a duet demonstrating an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures.
Demonstrate and discuss how technology can be used to reinforce, enhance, or alter the dance idea in an inter-disciplinary project.
Create a dance that effectively communicates a contemporary social theme.
Demonstrate reflection upon personal progress and growth during one’s own study in each of the arts disciplines.
Create a dance and revise it over time using multi-media equipment, such as slides, camera, video, and computers to articulate [...]
Effectively recognize and describe personal, family, and community connections with artworks.
Effectively analyze and compare the characteristics of work in two or more art forms that are dissimilar in subject matter, [...]
Effectively demonstrate an understanding of their place in the visual world and develop an appreciation of how they are part [...]
Effectively analyze and describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in school are interrelated [...]
Demonstrate appropriate skeletal alignment, body-part articulation, strength, flexibility, agility, and coordination in locomotor and non-locomotor/axial movements.
Grades
Standard
Use the basic physical and chemical properties of the technical aspects of theatre (such as light, color, electricity, paint, and [...]
Communicate directorial choices to a small ensemble for improvised or scripted scenes.
Construct imaginative scripts and collaborate with actors to refine scripts so that story and meaning are conveyed to an audience.
Individually and in ensemble, create and sustain characters that communicate with audiences.
Sing and play with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire of vocal and instrumental literature with a [...]
Make informed, critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations applying specific criteria.
Perform an appropriate part in large and small ensembles, demonstrating well-developed ensemble skills.
Evaluate a I. Performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models.
Perform music using instruments (traditional and non-traditional) and electronic media.
Sight read accurately and expressively, music with a moderate level of difficulty.
Improvise rhythmic and melodic variations given pentatonic melodies, and melodies in major and minor keys.
Improvise original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality.
Compose music in several different styles, demonstrate creativity in using the elements of music for expressive effect.
Arrange pieces for voices or instruments, other than those for which the pieces were written, in ways that preserve or [...]
Compose and arrange music for voices and various acoustic and electronic instruments, demonstrating knowledge of the ranges and traditional usage [...]
Demonstrate extensive knowledge and use of the technical vocabulary of music.
Analyze aural examples of a varied repertoire of music, representing diverse genres and cultures, by describing the uses of elements [...]
Identify and explain compositional devices and techniques and their purposes, giving examples of other works that make similar uses of [...]
Reflect on and describe how movement choices communicate abstract ideas in dance.
Create a dance and revise it over time, articulating the reasons for artistic decisions, and what was lost and gained [...]
Establish a set of aesthetic criteria and apply it in evaluating their own work and that of others.
Formulate and answer their own aesthetic questions; e.g., what is it that makes a particular dance that dance? How much [...]
Explain how personal experience influences the interpretation of a dance.
Perform and describe similarities and differences between two contemporary theatrical forms of dance.
Perform or discuss the traditions and techniques of a classical dance form.
Demonstrate understanding of how personal experience influences the interpretation of a dance.
Effectively communicate how lifestyle choices; e.g., exercise, diet, habits, affect the dancer.
Create an inter-disciplinary project based on a theme identified by the student, including dance and two other disciplines, such as [...]
Through brief dances, demonstrate understanding of structures or forms such as palindrome, theme and variation, rondo, round, as well as [...]
Clearly identify commonalities and differences between dance and other disciplines with regard to fundamental concepts, such as materials, elements, and [...]
Choreograph a duet demonstrating an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures.
Demonstrate and discuss how technology can be used to reinforce, enhance, or alter the dance idea in an inter-disciplinary project.
Create a dance that effectively communicates a contemporary social theme.
Demonstrate reflection upon personal progress and growth during one’s own study in each of the arts disciplines.
Create a dance and revise it over time using multi-media equipment, such as slides, camera, video, and computers to articulate [...]
Effectively recognize and describe personal, family, and community connections with artworks.
Effectively analyze and compare the characteristics of work in two or more art forms that are dissimilar in subject matter, [...]
Effectively demonstrate an understanding of their place in the visual world and develop an appreciation of how they are part [...]
Effectively analyze and describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in school are interrelated [...]
Demonstrate appropriate skeletal alignment, body-part articulation, strength, flexibility, agility, and coordination in locomotor and non-locomotor/axial movements.