7–10Dance 7–10 Syllabus (2023)

The ethics and conventions of dance composition practice

The protocols and responsibilities of working safely and respectfully with others including valuing opinions and gaining, giving and/or denying consent

The language of dance composition in context, including stimulus, idea, intent, elements of dance and generating and structuring movement

Context shapes an idea and intent, movement generation and structure

Personal context can shape the dance composer’s choices, ideas and intent

Compose and structure movements to communicate an intent based on an idea within the context of dance as an art form

Understand that the dancing body is the medium of the creation and expression of ideas in dance

Explore how ideas in dance develop into an intent

Build a personalised movement vocabulary to communicate an intent

Improvise and explore the movement possibilities of the body

Devise movements and build sequences in response to a stimulus to communicate an intent

Understand that symbolic movement is fundamental to dance as an art form

Create symbolic shapes and movements

Collaborate with other dancers to compose new movement

Document the process of dance composition through reflective responses

Understand that the elements of dance are space, time and dynamics and that they are the tools used to compose movement in dance

Evaluate how the elements of dance are used to create dance movement(s) to communicate a choreographer’s idea and intent

Generate movement by exploring the components of space including shape, level, direction, dimension, pathways, floor patterns and stage space

Generate movement by exploring the components of time including metre, rhythm, accent, tempo, duration and stillness

Generate movement by exploring dynamics

Combine the elements of dance together to create movements and structure them into combinations to communicate an intent

Revise and refine movements and combinations of movements to communicate the idea and intent

Reflect on own use of the elements of dance when creating movement to communicate an idea and intent