Year 9 Dance
9DAN Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mrs E. McKellar.
Recommended Prior LearningOpen Entry. No prior dance experience is required. This course provide students with the opportunity to learn about and perform dance.
Students should have an interest in working with others, learning about dance and dance performance.
In Year 9 Dance, you will:
Have the opportunity to develop your current dance interests and discover new passions for dance by choosing a wide range of dance styles to explore with your peers.
Learn and perform cultural and social dances including a wide range of dance genres for example: Hop Hop, Breaking, Jazz, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Ballet, Samoan Sasa,
Rakau, Poi, Haka, African gumboot dance, Chinese Fan dance, Tinikling.Form connections with your peers and movement ideas through interactive dance activities.
Develop performance skills and techniques in your chosen dance styles of interest.
Work with your peers to share ideas and create dance sequences.
Use the elements of dance to choreograph a dance with your peers.
Learn how to express ideas through dance.
Watch and respond to dance performances.
Learn and apply dance vocabulary.
Develop confidence and leadership skills by leading, creating and presenting dance.
Watch the video attached below to see snippets from Year 9 Dance classes and performances.
Course Overview
Term 1
Whakawhanaungatanga and movement activities
Unit 1
Dance Around the World - Cultural Dances
- Social Dances
Unit 2
Dance Choreography - The elements of dance
Assessment Information
Dance Performance Assessments
- Perform a cultural dance
- Perform a social dance
Choreography Assessment
- Use the elements of dance to choreograph a dance as part of a group
Dance Theory Assessment
- Dance Research Assignment
The Year 9 Dance course leads to Year 10 Dance, followed by Senior Dance programmes, as well as scholarship dance.
These programmes provide university entrance and lead to a number of tertiary dance study options.
Tertiary Pathways include, but are not limited to:
Bachelor of Dance Studies - University of Auckland
Dance Studies - University of Waikato
Unitec - Contemporary Dance Studies
New Zealand School of Dance
New Zealand Diploma in Dance - Whitireia New Zealand
Career pathways could include but are not limited to:
Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Teacher, Performer, Freelance Dance Instructor, Movement Therapy, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts, Actor/Actress.