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Dance
Welcome to the most inventive and creative class at Pine Street School!
Our dance classes focus on body awareness, developing flexibility, and emphasize creativity and collaboration! Students explore the Dance Elements of Body, Energy, Space and Time while they create, perform, and respond to original dance works with partners and small groups. This non-threatening program emphasizes originality and creativity along with student-generated choreography.
Primary Grade Dance Classes
Students focus on exploring the Dance Elements of Body, Energy, Space and Time. Goals for these students are:
To develop dance vocabulary
To develop an awareness of the body as an instrument of expression
To express ideas, feelings and concepts through the creative process
To appreciate the art of dance as a communication form
To develop functional and artistic use of the movement/dance elements
To address South Carolina College and Career-Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency and align with Profile of the South Carolina Graduate
Elementary Grade Dance Classes
Students continue to utilize skills learned in the primary grades, yet build upon previous knowledge. In addition, the goals are:
To apply choreographic tools and design principles in creating, performing and evaluating dance works of self and others
To connect the historical and cultural significance of the universality of dance
To assess the quality of dance(s) and the skill of the performer by applying aesthetic principles and criteria
To increase dance vocabulary and expressive language in discussing dance
To analyze and evaluate dance as a form of communication
To increase and deepen collaboration and creativity through the choreographic process
To address South Carolina College and Career-Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency and align with Profile of the South Carolina Graduate
“Kinesthetic arts provide a significant vehicle to enhance learning with a huge upside potential and minimal risk. Ultimately, they contribute to the development and enhancement of critical neurobiological systems, including cognition, emotions, immune, circulatory, and perceptual-motor. Kinesthetic arts deserve strong, daily practice in the curriculum of every K-12 student.”
For more research to find the benefits of a dance program, go to the website for the National Dance Education Organization.