Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources Establish rules, policies and procedures Technical Manual and Dictionary of 1 Classical Ballet book by Gail Grant Ballet vocabulary, technique foundations and body placement (5 positions, plie, tendu, 2 degage, rond de jambe…) Guest artists Building on basics of ballet, introduction to the basics of jazz dance (across the floor- 3 chasse, skip Order of a ballet class (Barre, adagio, petit allegro, grande allegro, reverence) Cpalms Course descriptions and standards: 4 Quarter 1 Aug 10 Oct 16 – Learn choreography for visual assessment (ex.- adagio exercise to perform in groups) 5 Begin learning choreography for dance concert (if fall dance performance is scheduled) 6 Continue choreography/review learned choreography and add new choreography 7 Vocabulary assessment and body placement assessment (identify ballet positions and 8 steps through pictures) Students perform choreography for peer evaluations 9 Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources Students review choreography and critique dances for dance concert Guest artists 1 Technical and dress rehearsals for dance concert 2 Perform in a dance concert (weeks may vary for different years) Quarter 2 3 Oct 20 Dec 18 – Self-reflection and evaluations on the performance in journals 4 Classes in ballet, jazz and modern. Invite guest artists to teach students new styles. 5 View famous works of classical ballet. Students break into groups and begin 6 choreography for holiday style dances
Quarter 1 Aug 10 – Oct 16 Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources 1 Establish rules, policies and procedures Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet book by Gail Grant 2 Ballet vocabulary, technique foundations and body placement (5 positions, plie, tendu, degage, rond de jambe…) Guest artists 3 Building on basics of ballet, introduction to the basics of jazz dance (across the floor- chasse, skip 4 Order of a ballet class (Barre, adagio, petit allegro, grande allegro, reverence) Cpalms Course descriptions and standards: 5 Learn choreography for visual assessment (ex.- adagio exercise to perform in groups) 6 Begin learning choreography for dance concert (if fall dance performance is scheduled) 7 Continue choreography/review learned choreography and add new choreography 8 Vocabulary assessment and body placement assessment (identify ballet positions and steps through pictures) 9 Students perform choreography for peer evaluations Quarter 2 Oct 20 – Dec 18 Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources 1 Students review choreography and critique dances for dance concert Guest artists 2 Technical and dress rehearsals for dance concert 3 Perform in a dance concert (weeks may vary for different years) 4 Self-reflection and evaluations on the performance in journals 5 Classes in ballet, jazz and modern. Invite guest artists to teach students new styles. 6 View famous works of classical ballet. Students break into groups and begin choreography for holiday style dances
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