ARM 10.54.2833. BENCHMARK FOR ARTS CONTENT STANDARD 3 UPON GRADUATION

(1) The benchmark for arts content standard 3 for a student upon graduation is the ability to: (a) use arts materials, techniques, technology, and processes to create specific products and responses to ideas; (b) communicate intended meaning through the interpretation of a subject; (c) use improvisation/experimentation to predict potential solutions to problems and pose new problems; (d) use technical skills in: (i) dance by performing movements and rhythm patterns with appropriate range of dynamics and expression; (ii) music by singing or playing music with expression and technical accuracy, exhibiting a large and varied repertoire of vocal or instrumental literature; (iii) theatre by using scenery, properties, sound, costume, make-up, and lighting to communicate locale and mood; and (iv) visual arts by exploring and practicing skills to enhance communication with consistency; and (e) understand and use symbol systems in: (i) dance by relating movement to a concept and explaining the connection; (ii) music by reading and using standard and nonstandard notation symbols through participation in small and large ensembles; (iii) theatre by understanding and applying stage direction and ground plans; and (iv) visual arts by understanding and applying appropriate symbol language to maximize expression in a specific media.