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Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Compare and contrast multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work. b. Compare and contrast the qualities of characters in a drama/theatre work through physical characteristics and prop or costume design choices that reflect cultural contexts. c. Identify and discuss physiological changes connected to emotions in drama/ theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of the body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
Essential Question(s): How is dance interpreted?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Relate movements, ideas, and context to decipher meaning in a dance using basic dance terminology.

Enduring Understanding: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of the body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
Essential Question(s): How is dance interpreted?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Interpret meaning in a dance based on its movements. Explain how the movements communicate the main idea of the dance using basic dance terminology.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Justify responses based on personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work. b. Explain responses to characters based on cultural contexts when participating in or observing drama/theatre work. c. Investigate the effects of emotions on posture, gesture, breathing, and vocal intonation in a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Explain how artists make choices based on personal experience in a drama/theatre work. b. Identify cultural contexts that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work. c. Identify personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in or observation of drama/ theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of the body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
Essential Question(s): How is dance interpreted?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Explain how the artistic expression of a dance is achieved through the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, dance structure, and context. Explain how these communicate the intent of the dance using genre-specific dance terminology.

Enduring Understanding: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of the body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
Essential Question(s): How is dance interpreted?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Compare the meaning of different dances. Explain how the artistic expression of each dance is achieved through the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, dance structure, and context. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Identify the artistic choices made based on personal experience in a drama/theatre work. b. Describe how cultural contexts can influence the evaluation of drama/theatre work. c. Interpret how the use of personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs can be used to discuss drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Recognize and share artistic choices when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work. b. Analyze how cultural contexts influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work. c. Apply personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to evaluate a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of the body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
Essential Question(s): How is dance interpreted?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Select a dance and explain how artistic expression is achieved through relationships among the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, dance structure, and context. Cite evidence in the dance to support your interpretation using genre-specific dance terminology.