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Dance

Dance education at BGA School of Arts provides all students with the opportunity to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of dance as an art form.

· Gain significant knowledge of dance elements, principles, and concepts
· Develop and apply an understanding of basic principles of choreography
· Effectively communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings through dance.

In the process of studying dance, students accomplish many specific tasks and gain knowledge in a number of ways, developing skills that are valuable for achievement in other areas of school and life. Over the course of a dance program, students will:

· Develop meaningful concepts of self, human relationships, and physical environments

· Build critical thinking skills by examining the reasons for dancers’ actions, by analyzing individual responses to lessons and performances, and by interpreting the intent of choreographers
· Strengthen and refine creative thinking skills by creating original interpretations of dances, based on response to others’ work.
· Learn to contextualize dance in culture and history by exploring how a dance relates to the time and place of its origins

Some of the key subjects the students will learn are:

· Perception
· Creative expression/performance
· Historical and cultural heritage in dance

The student is expected to:

A. Analyze the characteristics of dances from several diverse
cultures;

B. Perform dance phrases or dances from several time
periods with an understanding of historical and social
Contexts.