3rd Grade
ARTS EDUCATION – DANCE
NORTH CAROLINA ESSENTIAL STANDARDS
Creation and Performance
3.CP.1 Use choreographic principles, structures, and processes to create dances that
communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, and images.
3.CP.1.1 Create simple dance sequences by combining dance phrases.
3.CP.1.2 Use teacher-led improvisation to expand movement possibilities for creating dance
sequences.
3.CP.1.3 Use abstraction of everyday movement to create sequences that communicate
feelings, ideas, and stories.
3.CP.2 Understand how to use performance values (kinesthetic awareness, concentration, focus,
and etiquette) to enhance dance performance.
3.CP.2.1 Use safe and respectful movement practices in the dance setting.
3.CP.2.2 Understand how use of concentration enhances performance.
3.CP.2.3 Use teacher and peer feedback to refine performance quality in dance.
Dance Movement Skills
3.DM.1 Understand how to use movement skills in dance.
3.DM.1.1 Recognize beginning principles of dance technique, including rotation, elevation,
and landing in dance movement.
3.DM.1.2 Use transitions between multiple body shapes.
3.DM.1.3 Exemplify dance quality in performing locomotor and non-locomotor (axial)
movement.
3.DM.1.4 Recall dance movement phrases containing rhythmic patterns in various meters.
3.DM.1.5 Understand a variety of spatial designs and relationships used in dance.
Responding
3.R.1 Use a variety of thinking skills to analyze and evaluate dance.
3.R.1.1 Compare movement elements (body, space, time, energy) observed in dance.
3.R.1.2 Identify examples of movement skills and elements observed in dance from one’s own
and different cultures.
Connecting
3.C.1 Understand cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary connections with dance.
3.C.1.1 Exemplify how dance is used by various groups for artistic expression within the
local community.
3.C.1.2 Exemplify connections between dance and concepts in other curricular areas.
NORTH CAROLINA ESSENTIAL STANDARDS
Creation and Performance
3.CP.1 Use choreographic principles, structures, and processes to create dances that
communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, and images.
3.CP.1.1 Create simple dance sequences by combining dance phrases.
3.CP.1.2 Use teacher-led improvisation to expand movement possibilities for creating dance
sequences.
3.CP.1.3 Use abstraction of everyday movement to create sequences that communicate
feelings, ideas, and stories.
3.CP.2 Understand how to use performance values (kinesthetic awareness, concentration, focus,
and etiquette) to enhance dance performance.
3.CP.2.1 Use safe and respectful movement practices in the dance setting.
3.CP.2.2 Understand how use of concentration enhances performance.
3.CP.2.3 Use teacher and peer feedback to refine performance quality in dance.
Dance Movement Skills
3.DM.1 Understand how to use movement skills in dance.
3.DM.1.1 Recognize beginning principles of dance technique, including rotation, elevation,
and landing in dance movement.
3.DM.1.2 Use transitions between multiple body shapes.
3.DM.1.3 Exemplify dance quality in performing locomotor and non-locomotor (axial)
movement.
3.DM.1.4 Recall dance movement phrases containing rhythmic patterns in various meters.
3.DM.1.5 Understand a variety of spatial designs and relationships used in dance.
Responding
3.R.1 Use a variety of thinking skills to analyze and evaluate dance.
3.R.1.1 Compare movement elements (body, space, time, energy) observed in dance.
3.R.1.2 Identify examples of movement skills and elements observed in dance from one’s own
and different cultures.
Connecting
3.C.1 Understand cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary connections with dance.
3.C.1.1 Exemplify how dance is used by various groups for artistic expression within the
local community.
3.C.1.2 Exemplify connections between dance and concepts in other curricular areas.