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AC9ADA8D01

develop safe dance practice and use of expressive and technical skills and, as appropriate, genre- or style-specific techniques

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Developing practices and skills in Years 7 and 8.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9ADA8D01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 7 and 8.

  1. Years 5 and 6AC9ADA6D01develop and practise technical and expressive skills using safe dance practice and the elements of dance
  2. Years 9 and 10AC9ADA10D01develop and refine safe dance practice, expressive and technical skills and genre- or style-specific techniques
  3. Years 9 and 10AC9ADA10D02reflect on own and others’ use of the elements of dance, choreographic devices, structure, genre- or style-specific techniques and/or technical and expressive skills to inform their choreographic or performance choices

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