Year 8 Dance

Year 8 Dance on VCE Vault: 10 lessons written for Year 8 (Victorian Curriculum), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$8.99.

Lessons

Responding — Analyse and Evaluate

• Dance in Culture and Community (free) — Explore the roles of dance in cultures and communities, including First Nations dance.
• Contemporary Dance (free) — Explore techniques and ideas in contemporary dance.
• Hip Hop and Street Dance (free) — Explore the history and techniques of hip hop and street dance.
• Production Elements for Dance — Analyse how lighting, costume, music and props support a dance's intent.
• Analysing Dance Works — Analyse a professional dance work for intent and choreographic choices.

Making Dance — Choreograph and Perform

• Choreography — Motif and Variation (free) — Develop a movement motif using variation techniques.
• Group Formations and Relationships — Use formations and relationships between dancers in group choreography.
• Jazz and Musical Theatre Dance — Perform jazz dance technique with style, isolations and energy.
• Dance and Narrative — Choreograph a short dance that tells a story with clear characters and structure.
• Improvisation in Dance — Use structured improvisation to generate original movement.