Movement and Metaphor · Dance

Choreographic Structures

Learning how to organize movement into sequences that engage and surprise an audience.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the use of levels and pathways change the energy of a dance?
  2. 2What choices does a choreographer make to emphasize a specific dancer?
  3. 3How can synchronization and canon be used to show unity or conflict?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Dance - Grade 8ON: Creating and Presenting - Grade 8
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Movement and Metaphor
Period: Dance

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