Movement and Choreography · Dance Composition

Choreographing Emotion

Students create original movement sequences that express specific abstract concepts or feelings.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can a literal gesture be transformed into an abstract dance movement?
  2. 2What choices in energy and flow communicate sadness versus joy?
  3. 3How does the interaction between two dancers illustrate a relationship?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Dance - Grade 6
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Movement and Choreography
Period: Dance Composition

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