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Content Standards:: IV. Critical and Creative Thinking: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance.
Standards:
A. Discuss how critical and creative thinking skills developed in dance are applicable to a variety of careers.
B. Analyze and describe choreographers' choices with respect to manipulation of dance elements in a variety of dance styles and genres.
C. Analyze issues of ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, age, and/or physical condition in relation to the evaluation of dances.
D. Formulate and answer their own aesthetic questions (e.g., "What is it that makes a particular dance unique?" "How much can one change a dance before it becomes a different dance?").
E. Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior while watching and responding to dance performances.