Moving Bodies: Dance and Space · Dance

Storytelling through Gesture

Using non verbal communication to express a sequence of events or a specific narrative.

Key Questions

  1. 1Can we tell a whole story using only our hands and faces?
  2. 2Which movements make the audience understand that a character is excited?
  3. 3How does the music change the way we interpret a dancer's gestures?

ACARA Content Descriptions

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Year: Year 1
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Moving Bodies: Dance and Space
Period: Dance

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