(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.