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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):
Analyze and discuss how the elements of dance, dance structure, execution of dance movement principles, and context contribute to artistic expression. Use 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):
Analyze and interpret how the elements of dance, dance structure, execution of dance movement principles, and context contribute to artistic expression across different genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Enduring Understanding: Media artists plan, organize, and develop creative ideas and models into process structures that can effectively realize the artistic idea.
Essential Question(s): How do media artists organize and develop ideas and models into process structures to achieve the desired end product?
Process Component(s): Develop

Performance Standard(s):
Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, and refining artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering original inspirations, goals, and presentation context.

Enduring Understanding: Media artists plan, organize, and develop creative ideas and models into process structures that can effectively realize the artistic idea.
Essential Question(s): How do media artists organize and develop ideas and models into process structures to achieve the desired end product?
Process Component(s): Develop

Performance Standard(s):
Apply a personal aesthetic in designing, testing, and refining original artistic ideas, prototypes, and production strategies for media arts productions, considering artistic intentions, constraints of resources, and presentation context.

Enduring Understanding: Media artists plan, organize, and develop creative ideas and models into process structures that can effectively realize the artistic idea.
Essential Question(s): How do media artists organize and develop ideas and models into process structures to achieve the desired end product?
Process Component(s): Develop

Performance Standard(s):
Integrate a sophisticated personal aesthetic and knowledge of systems processes in proposing, forming, and testing original artistic ideas, prototypes, and production frameworks, considering complex constraints of goals, time, resources, and personal limitations.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Analyze the intent, meanings, and reception of a variety of media artworks, focusing on personal and cultural contexts.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Analyze the intent, meanings, and influence of a variety of media artworks, based on personal, societal, historical, and cultural contexts.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Analyze the intent, meanings and impacts of diverse media artworks, considering complex factors of context and bias.

Enduring Understanding: Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.
Essential Question(s): How do musicians make creative decisions?
Process Component(s): Plan and Make

Performance Standard(s):
a. Select and develop draft melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal. b. Preserve draft compositions through standard notation and improvisations through audio recording.

Enduring Understanding: Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.
Essential Question(s): How do musicians make creative decisions?
Process Component(s): Plan and Make

Performance Standard(s):
a. Select and develop arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal. b. Preserve draft compositions through standard notation, and improvisations through audio or video recording.