Strands of the New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance Pre-K-12:

Dance Making – Dancing and Performing, Creating and Composing

Students make dances through improvisation, score making and setting choreographic steps. Students make both collaborative and individual dances. Students document their choreography through writing, drawing, and video. Dance making projects last from one day to two weeks depending on the size of the assignment. The curriculum use the "Elements of Dance" including body, action, space, time, energy and relationship to develop tools to expand their dance making practice.

Developing Dance Literacy – Analyzing and Critiquing and Writing about Dance

Dance literacy is about learning multiple genres and forms of dance. Students demonstrating Dance Literacy are talking and writing about dance. Students develop their vocabulary over the course of the year through talking about their movement experience through brainstorms, observations, improvisations, and experiences. Students have access to "Laban Movement Analysis" sheets and charts in English and Spanish, as well as "Elements of Dance"  sheets and charts to expand and guide their vocabulary around movement. Students learn anotomical terms to speak about the body.

Making Connections – Knowing History, Context and Culture, Making Connections Across the Curriculum

Students discuss, watch, read and relate to the history that make dance cultures different and unique. Students learn to track the origins and influences of dance forms and cultures.

Working with Community and Cultural Resources – Developing relationships with and around professional artists and cultural organizations representing diverse cultural and personal approaches to dance. Reflections and analyses of performances representing diverse genres and styles and venues

Student us cultural resources like the Library of Congress, Jacob Pillow's Interactive archive and the vast world of youtube to watch and learn about dance and movement.

Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning  –  Active engagement in thinking about your own goals and future aspirations.  Gain information and seek resources from other areas of study that support the physical, social, cognitive, spiritual and affective domains necessary for appreciating and participating in a long dance education career.

The work done in the classroom prepares students for a healthy and movement filled future. Students learn about different jobs in the dance, fitness and movement field. Students learn about the benefits of breathing, exercise and dance and how it can positively change their mental and physical health.