Tenth-grade dancers learn the choreographic process — generating movement, selecting the strongest, structuring it into a dance, refining it, and performing. Choreography is made and shaped, not improvised once. They order the process, then compose a short study.
Students will be able to…
How do choreographers turn movement ideas into a finished dance?
Project this and have students put the choreographic process steps in order.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
You have a bunch of cool moves — how do they become a real dance?
Students explore.
Students create.
Students perform.
Students close.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Dance).
Organize movement into a choreographic work.
Generate and develop movement material.
Revise and refine a composition.
Perform a composed work.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students compose and perform a short dance study. A printable composition map is in the Arts library.
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A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.