STANDARD 1.3 (ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES) Grade Six

A. Dance

1. Analyze both formal and expressive aspects of time, shape, space, and energy in various dance works.
2. Analyze the principles of choreography applied in a master dance work.
3. Differentiate among the various artistic and non-artistic contributions involved in dance production.
4. Analyze the interrelationship between dance movement and the movements of everyday life, and effectively demonstrate the difference between pantomiming and abstracting a gesture.
5. Interpret compositional use of dance elements for expressive purposes.

B. Music

1. Analyze musical elements in response to aural prompts and printed scores representing diverse genres and cultures and notational systems.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions.

C. Theater

1. Examine the range of roles and characterizations possible in theatrical production and performance.
2. Examine the relationship between physicality and character development.
3. Identify various tactics employed by actors to create believable, motivated action.

D. Visual Art

1. Describe the emotional significance conveyed in the application of the elements.
2. Describe a work of art that clearly illustrates a principle of design.