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11–12Dance Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025)

Implementation from 2027
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Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 6

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.

Choreography: Dance work

In Choreography: Loading , students explore how the Loading  are used by a practitioner in their body of work and use this as a Loading  to individually or collaboratively choreograph a dance work. Students use stimulus, Loading , Loading , elements of dance, Loading , abstract symbolic movement and Loading  to choreograph a dance work.

Context
  • Choose a preferred practitioner or body of work

  • Draw inspiration from the selected practitioner or body of work when participating in choreographing a dance work

  • Identify the idea, intent, Loading  and/or Loading  of the dance work

  • Demonstrate safety considerations when participating in choreographing a dance work

  • Demonstrate cultural considerations when participating in choreographing a dance work

Components of choreography
  • Identify movements that may be suitable for a dance work

  • Select symbolic movements that can be used to communicate an idea in a dance work

  • Use auditory elements to communicate an idea or intent in a dance work

  • Structure an original dance work to communicate an idea or intent

  • Create a dance work using the elements of dance and Loading  of movement to communicate an idea or intent

  • Reflect on and refine the dance work

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