Overview

Students will experience dance on an introductory level. Students will find coherence of diverse ideas, beliefs, and cultures as communicated through movement. Students will obtain life skills, define dance as a form of self-expression, as well as develop a general appreciation for dance as an art form.

Goals

Students will focus on areas such as anatomy, body, weight, shape, space, time, effort, history, and technology. Through the help of these concepts, students will work to interpret, appreciate, and compose dance. Students will focus on classical genres such as Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theater, Hip Hop, Modern, and Improvisation.

Dance Philosophy

• Develops the whole child

• Organized activity helps to build life skills

• Encourage relationships

• Provide a safe environment

• Promote dexterity across the board between a student’s family, school, and community

• Builds self confidence

• Community outreach

Requirements

Students need no prior dance experience to take the course.

This class also counts towards the required Fine and Performing Arts credit.

Evaluation

• Participation

• Approach/Attitude

• Preparedness

• Presentations/Projects

• Performances