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TEKS
for Dance, Level II
§117.57. Dance, Level II.
(a) General requirements.
Students may fulfill fine arts
and elective requirements for graduation by successfully completing
the following dance course: Dance II (one credit). Dance I
is a prerequisite for Dance II.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Four basic strands--perception,
creative expression/performance, historical and cultural heritage,
and critical evaluation--provide broad, unifying structures
for organizing the knowledge and skills students are expected
to acquire. Dance students develop perceptual thinking and
moving abilities in daily life that promote understanding
of themselves and others and allow them to interact effectively
in the community. By mastering movement principles and skills,
students develop self-discipline, and healthy bodies that
move expressively, efficiently, and safely through space and
time with controlled energy.
(2) Students recognize dance
as a vehicle for understanding cultural and historical contexts,
increasing awareness of their own and others' heritage and
traditions, thus helping them to participate in a diverse
society. Evaluating and analyzing dance strengthen decision-making
skills, develop critical and creative thinking, and enable
students to make informed decisions about dance and the world
around them.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
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Perception.
The student develops an
awareness of the body's movement, using sensory information
while dancing.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate a developing
kinesthetic and spatial awareness;
(B) demonstrate respect
for others when working in groups;
(C) demonstrate effectively
the connection between emotions and movement; and
(D) identify details in
movement in natural and constructed environments.
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Creative expression/performance.
The student applies body
sciences and fitness principles to dance.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) communicate using appropriate
anatomical and dance terminology;
(B) perform with proper
skeletal alignment;
(C) exhibit strength, flexibility,
and endurance in dance training and performances; and
(D) incorporate proper
conditioning and injury prevention practices.
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Creative expression/performance.
The student develops knowledge
and skills of dance elements and of choreographic processes
and forms in a variety of dance styles.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) perform extended movement
patterns with rhythmic accuracy in traditional concert
dance styles;
(B) demonstrate the elements
of dance effectively;
(C) improvise dance phrases,
using the concept of abstraction; and
(D) incorporate choreographic
processes such as retrograde and inversion in dance
styles.
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Historical/cultural heritage.
The student demonstrates
an understanding of cultural, historical, and artistic
diversity.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) perform dances of various
cultures;
(B) choreograph short dance
phrases that exhibit an understanding of various historical
periods; and
(C) perform dances in various
mediums such as musical theatre, film, and video.
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| (5) Response/evaluation.
The student makes informed
judgments about dance's form, meaning, and role in society.
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The student
is expected to:
(A) identify characteristics
of a variety of dances;
(B) analyze qualities of
performance and production in dance;
(C) identify similarities
of form and expression in dance and other fine arts;
and
(D) identify and apply
dance and dance-related skills such as creative problem-solving,
cooperation, and self-discipline to various work experience.
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