Dance Curriculum Standards

Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade
Dance Content Standards

• Students perceive and respond, using the elements of dance. They demonstrate movement skills, process sensory information, and describe movement, using the vocabulary of dance.
• Students apply choreographic principles, processes, and skills to create and communicate meaning, through improvisation, composition, and performance of dance.
• Students analyze the function and development of dance in past and present cultures throughout the world, noting human diversity as it relates to dance and dancers.
• Students critically assess and derive meaning from works of dance, performance of dancers, and original works based on the elements of dance and aesthetic qualities.
• Students apply what they learn in dance to learning across across subject areas. They develop competencies and creative skills in problem solving, communication, and management of time and resources that contribute to lifelong learning and career skills.

Dance is incorporated into the curriculum at all grade levels. 
Dance is presented by a professional instructor at grades four, five and seven.