7–10Dance 7–10 Syllabus
The new Dance 7–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026.
2024 and 2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026 – Start teaching 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
Stage 5
- 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 context 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, intent 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
Collaborate with others to create and structure movement
Create movement(s) in response to a variety of stimuli to communicate an idea
Use the environment as stimuli for generating movement
Generate movement by exploring aspects of space, time and/or dynamics
Select and order a phrase of movement with a beginning, middle and end using the elements of dance
Record and reflect on own practice of generating movement