This document outlines a 6-week curriculum for a dance concentration that focuses on modern hip-hop and contemporary ballet. The program takes a liberal arts approach and engages students both physically and intellectually. Over the 6 weeks, students will learn dance terminology, history, technique, choreography, and performance skills. They will analyze dance through both movement and academic study. The goal is for students to understand dance as an art form that can be situated within broader social and cultural contexts.

1. The Dance concentration for This Organization Assemble is for students who wish to study movement
with contexts of a liberal arts perspective. This Dance curriculum is predominantly modern Hip-Hop;
however it is influenced with the fundamentals of Contemporary Ballet. Because this dance program is
liberal, this concentration will engage in a range of academic seminars that will allow the students to
analyze dance through both a methodological and theoretical approach. They will not only use their
bodies as tools of practice, but their minds. They will learn dance terminology and its history so that
students can learn to situate dance within a broader social and cultural context.
Unit 1: History and Theory (week 1)
• Classroom policies and procedures
• Expectations of dance discipline
• Elements of hip hop and modern dance
Unit 2: Technique Introduction (week 2)
• Learning Dance Terminology
• Understanding space and how to use your weight accordingly
• Musicality technique
• Gaining Ballet Fundamentals
Unit 3: Open class discussion/seminar (week 3)
• Continue dance terminology (day 1)
• Seminar for Dance studies (day 2)
• Sample movements inspired by dance studies (day 3 and 4)
Unit 4: Choreography movement pick-up (week 4)
• Playing with weight, and identifying body alignment (day 1 and 2)
• Creating stage presence ( day 3)
• Working with negative and positive space (day 4)
Unit 5: Repertory (week 5)
• Performance work and workshops (day 1 and 2)
• Opportunity to work with guess artist/organizations (day 3 and 4)
Unit 6: (week 6)
• Finishing up choreography (day 1)
• Presenting a re-staged or new dance in a public performance (day 2)
• Developing artistry (day 3)
• Closure for dance department with feedback from students (day 4)

2. WK. 1 Day 1 Course
Objectives
Student
learning
outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lecture/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Explain why
dance
guidelines are
important in
class setting.
Able to show
and tell me why
it’s important
for class
etiquette.
• Syllabus
• Handouts
1 hr.
Announce
expectations
and discipline.
Demonstrate
excellence and
show eagerness
to learn.
30 min.
Describe this
course and the
purpose of this
intensive. +
core work
then dismiss
class.
Coming to class
with a clear
understanding
of what to
expect.
• Contact
Information
• Business card
30 min.
WK. 1 day 2 Course
Objective
Student
learning
outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lecture/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Describe the
fundamentals
of Hip-Hop
To understand
that dance is
just one
element of hip-
hop.
• Handout 20 min.
History and
theory of Hip-
hop.
To understand
the arts origin
and how it
changed.
● Movie/
Documentary
1 hr.
Core Work,
and exercise
Body placement
and core
strength.
40 min.

3. WK. 1 day 3 Course
Objective
Student
learning
outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lecture/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Describe
fundamentals
of Modern
dance.
Identify the
mechanics of
Modern dance.
● Lecture 30
min.
History of
Modern dance
in both Horton
and Gram
technique.
To obtain
knowledge of
both technique
and compare.
● Textbook “ The
Vision of Modern
Dance; In the
Words of Its
Creators”
1 hr.
Core work and
exercise
Understand that
the core is the
center for body
alignment.
30
min.

4. WK. 1 day 4 Course
Objective
Student
learning
outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Comprehend
dance
introduction.
And apply it to
movement.
Can describe
the elements
and understand
why the
movements are
created.
30
min.
To be able to
understand
why the body
alignment is
important.
To identify body
alignment and
how different
they become
according to
technique.
15
min.
Learning
Choreography
in timely
fashion. + Core
work.
To be able to
learn with your
eyes, and pick
up movement
quickly.
1 hr.

5. WK. 2 day 1 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Testes/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Gaining ballet
fundamentals
and learning
ballet
terminology.
Can articulate
and
understand
ballet terms.
● Textbook
“Technical
Manual and
Dictionary of
Classical Ballet by
Gail Grant”
1 hr.
Describe and
Understanding
musicality.
Can describe
meters and
how it plays a
role in dance
community.
● Guess Teacher “ 30
min.
Identifying
space and
knowing how
to use weight
pertaining to
it.
How to
counter
balance and
understand
weight shift.
● Pamphlet “space
for dance”
30
min.

6. WK. 2 day 2 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Testes/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Gaining ballet
fundamentals
and learning
ballet
terminology.
Can articulate
and
understand
ballet terms.
● Textbook
“Technical
Manual and
Dictionary of
Classical Ballet by
Gail Grant”
1 hr.
To read and
understand
ballet
terminology
To be able to
read, recite,
and
demonstrate
ballet
terminology
● Vocabulary
handout
30
min.
Continue
Identifying
space and
knowing how
to use weight
pertaining to
it.
How to
counter
balance and
understand
weight shift.
30
min.

7. WK. 2 day 3 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
To read and
understand
ballet
terminology
(Review
handout)
To be able to
read, recite,
and
demonstrate
ballet
terminology.
● Test “Ballet
Terminology”
30
min.
Understanding
that space is
value and
knowing
how/when to
use it.
How to
counter
balance and
understand
weight shift.
30
min.
Continue
musicality and
moving
through space
while playing
with meters.
To be able to
Move your
body from the
rhythmic
element from
different
meters.
1hr.

8. WK. 2 day 4 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Explain the
connection of
Ballet,
Modern, and
Hip-Hop.
Able to
understand the
comparison of
three
techniques.
● Lecture 20
min.
Articulate and
execute dance
movement.
Ability to pick-
up movement
quickly.
Execute dance
movement by
observing.
Able to learn
by watching,
and
memorizing
dance Combo's

9. WK. 3 day 1 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Continue with
Dance
terminology.
To be able to
read, recite,
and
demonstrate
ballet
terminology.
Test “Movement test”
Recap on
Dance history
+ seminar.
● Text “ The Vision
of Modern
Dance; In the
Words of Its
Creators”
To understand
a particular
emotion and
explore it
through
movement.
To understand
the emotion
and feeling of
movement and
create
choreography.
● Guess teacher

10. WK. 3 day 2 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Ability to
create
choreography
from dance
history.
1 hr
To understand
a particular
emotion and
explore it
through
movement.
To understand
the emotion
and feeling of
movement and
create
choreography.
30
min.
Continue
combination
movement and
apply to
choreography
inspired by
dance studies.
Learning
interpersonal
skills and to be
able to
calibrate.
30
min.

11. WK. 3 day 3 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.
Ability to
create
choreography
from dance
history.
1hr
To understand
a particular
emotion and
explore it
through
movement.
To understand
the emotion
and feeling of
movement and
create
choreography.
30
min.
Continue
combination
movement and
apply to
choreography
inspired by
dance studies.
Learning
interpersonal
skills and to be
able to
calibrate.
30
min.

12. WK. 3 day 4 Course
Objective
Student
learning
Outcomes
Skills and
procedures
Lectures/Tests/Quizzes/
Handouts/Videos/
Reading Assignments
Hr.