7–10Dance 7–10 Syllabus (2023)
The new Dance 7–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026. The Dance 7–10 Syllabus (2003) will not be available after December 2027.
2026 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Life Skills
- DALS-COM-01
improvises in response to stimuli to create meaning
- DALS-COM-02
engages with the elements of dance to communicate an idea
- DALS-COM-03
selects and sequences movement to communicate an idea
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Appropriate ways of interacting with others in dance, including gaining, giving and/or denying consent and online safety
Personal Loading can be used to generate ideas and make choices in composition
The language of dance composition in context
The role of the choreographer to communicate ideas
The process of composition includes stimulus, idea, Loading and the generation and structuring of movement
Contribute ideas towards a dance composition
Respect others’ ideas and contributions to composition
Express a feeling or an idea through movement
Engage in improvisation activities to build a personal movement vocabulary
Loading with others to create and Loading movement
Create movement(s) in response to a variety of stimuli to communicate an idea
Use the environment as stimuli for Loading
Generate movement by exploring aspects of space, time and/or Loading
Select and order a Loading of movement with a beginning, middle and end using the Loading
Record and reflect on own practice of generating movement