List of Benchmarks for Dance |
| Standard 4. | Applies critical and creative thinking skills in dance |
| | Level Pre-K (Grades Pre-K) |
| | 1. | Not appropriate for this level |
| | Level II (Grades K-4) |
| | 1. | Knows how a variety of solutions can be used to solve a given movement problem |
| | 2. | Knows technical and artistic components of various forms of dance (e.g., body shapes, space, levels, pathways) |
| | Level III (Grades 5-8) |
| | 1. | Knows appropriate audience response to dance performances |
| | 2. | Knows the critical elements that contribute to a dance in terms of space (e.g., shape, pathways), time (e.g., rhythm, tempo), and force/energy (e.g., movement qualities) |
| | 3. | Knows possible aesthetic criteria that could be used to evaluate dance (e.g., skill of performers, originality, visual and/or emotional impact, variety and contrast) |
| | Level IV (Grades 9-12) |
| | 1. | Establishes a set of aesthetic criteria and applies it in evaluating one’s own work and that of others |
| | 2. | Formulates and answers one's own aesthetic questions (e.g., knows what makes a particular dance unique, how much one can change a dance before it becomes a different dance) |
