Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to the composition of a variety of dance pieces, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas
- Dance (Book)
- The Dance Bible (Book)
- Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance (Book)
- Conditioning for Dance (Book)
- Staging and Choreography (Hoopla eBook)
- 6 Artists Making Dance About the Environment (Website)
- How to Choreograph a Dance (YouTube)
- How to Come up With New Dance Moves (YouTube)
- 5 Daily Ways to Improve Your Dancing (YouTube)
- How to Whack (YouTube)
- How to Do Hip Hop FootWork (YouTube)
- Projection and Animation (YouTube)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of dance pieces and experiences
- A Written Dance Assignment (Website)
- Dance Vocabulary (Website)
- Beach Movement (YouTube)
- Bike Dancing (YouTube)
- Dance for Peace (YouTube)
- Anti-bullying Dance (YouTube)
- The Cheshire Cat (YouTube)
- Poverty Dance (YouTube)
- Racism Dance (YouTube)
- Fighting Climate Change with Dance (YouTube)
- A Letter to a Playground Bully (YouTube)
- Shadow Dancing (YouTube)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of dance forms, traditions, and styles from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts
- American Dance (Book)
- Dancing in the Light (DVD)
- Ultimate Dance Instruction Collection (DVD)
- Taking Flight (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Choreography and Dance in the Theatre (Hoopla eBook)