Years 5 and 6 · The Arts · Exploring and responding

AC9ADA6E01

explore ways that the elements of dance are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in dance across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts

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Where AC9ADA6E01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 5 and 6.

1. Years 3 and 4AC9ADA4E01explore where, why and how dance is choreographed and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
2. Years 3 and 4AC9ADA4E02explore how First Nations Australians use dance to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place
3. Years 7 and 8AC9ADA8E01investigate ways that dance works, performers and/or choreographers across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts use the elements of dance, choreographic devices and/or production elements to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
4. Years 7 and 8AC9ADA8E02investigate the diversity of dance choreographed and/or performed by First Nations Australians considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights