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Links to the Arts Curriculum 2007 - Coggle Diagram
Links to the Arts Curriculum 2007
Dance
Understanding dance in context
Students will explore and describe how dance is used for different purposes in a variety of cultures and contexts.
Hiwa i te rangi - the story of the star, the star's maeaning - translated into interpretive dance
Developing practical knowledge
Students will apply the dance elements to extend personal movement skills and vocabularies and to explore the vocabularies of others.
Re telling the Hiwa i te rangi meaning, dance space, types of movement, transitions.
Developing ideas
Students will combine and contrast the dance elements to express images, ideas, and feelings in dance, using a variety of choreographic processes.
soft movements, slow vs fast, twirling, use of props, use of colour and costume.
Communicating and interpreting
Students will:
prepare and present dance with an awareness of the performance context
Matariki focus/ story behind each movement
describe and record how the purpose of selected dances is expressed through the movement.
the process of our dance creation, choreography, etc.
Visual Art
Understanding the visual arts in context
Students will investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present cultures and identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued.
the use of flax and weaving, the colours of the night and star, emphasis on Matariki and Maori tikanga.
Developing practical knowledge
Students will explore and use art-making conventions, applying knowledge of elements and selected principles through the use of materials and processes.
textures, tones, shades, materials, focal points.
Developing ideas
Students will develop and revisit visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination, supported by the study of artists’ works.
prior knowledge of Maori arts and crafts, both traditional and modern
Communicating and interpreting
Students will explore and describe ways in which meanings can be communicated and interpreted in their own and others’ work.
How to covey the story and meaning of Hiwa i te rangi, the star aspect, main prop in performance, consider how it is seen by the audience.
Drama
Understanding drama in context
Students will investigate the functions, purposes, and technologies of drama in cultural and historical contexts.
Maori performance, elements of these - music, actions, etc.
Developing practical knowledge
Students will apply the dance elements to extend personal movement skills and vocabularies and to explore the vocabularies of others.
Explore the vocab of the Hiwa i te rangi, the story, the associated imagry, etc.
Developing ideas
Students will combine and contrast the dance elements to express images, ideas, and feelings in dance, using a variety of choreographic processes.
matching the dance moves to music, soft and flow vs fast, ground work vs standing, group vs individual, props etc.
Communicating and interpreting
Students will:
prepare and present dance with an awareness of the performance context
relating the performance to assignment and Matariki focus
describe and record how the purpose of selected dances is expressed through the movement.
Matching the choreography to the Matariki theme and Hiwa i te rangi message.
Music - Sound Arts
Understanding music – Sound arts in contex
Students will:
identify and describe the characteristics of music associated with a range of sound environments in relation to historical, social, and cultural contexts
use of song, karakia, spoken intro of definition
explore ideas about how music serves a variety of purposes and functions in their lives and in their communities.
Story telling, convey emotions and messages, interpretations of events and story telling.
Developing practical knowledge
Students will apply knowledge of the elements of music, structural devices, and technologies through integrating aural, practical, and theoretical skills.
editing, instrument choice, singing type, sound mixing, etc.
Developing ideas
Students will:
express, develop, and refine musical ideas using the elements of music, instruments, and technologies in response to sources of motivation
prior knowledge of song, musical technologies, instruments, te re Maori etc.
represent sound and musical ideas in a variety of ways.
Varying aspects of created song - kara kia, monologue intro, harmonising and choral
Communicating and interpreting
Students will:
prepare, rehearse, and present performance of music using performance skills and techniques
Done as a group at Act 3
reflect on the expressive qualities of their own and others’ music, both live and recorded.
Editing process, indiviual ideas and suggestions