The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is an assessed programme for students aged 16 to 19. It is respected by leading universities across the globe because it is a holistic educational program with 6 areas of study. IB is like a magnet school inside of LHS. Performance, creative, and analytical skills are mutually developed and valued whether the students are writing papers or creating/performing dances. 

The curriculum provides students with a liberal arts orientation to dance. This orientation facilitates the development of students who may become choreographers, dance scholars, performers, or those more broadly, who seek life enrichment through dance. 

In addition, the course enables students to: 

• understand dance as a set of practices with their own histories and theories, and to understand that these practices integrate physical, intellectual and emotional knowledge 

• experience dance as an individual and collective exploration of the expressive possibilities of bodily movement 

• understand and appreciate mastery in various dance styles, traditions and cultures familiar and unfamiliar 

• recognize and use dance to create dialogue among the various traditions and cultures in their school environment, their society and the world at large. 

The IB Exam for IB Dance

World Dance Studies

1. Student writes an essay comparing and contrasting two styles of dance, one classical style that the student is familiar with and one unfamiliar style from a different culture.

• 20% of total

• 2500 word formal essay

Composition and Analysis

1. Student creates one solo for themselves and one solo or duet/trio for other students.

2. Student writes an analytical statement explaining their choreographic process.

• 40% of total

• Three dance works composed by student

• 6-10 minutes

• two analytical statements

Performance

1. Internally assessed, externally moderated; Student performs three dance pieces- two solos and one group piece

• 40% of total

• 6-9 minutes of performances