Curriculum and Handouts for Dance Class and Teams

Ballet

• Ballet History

For The Educator

• Choreography Concert
• Classroom Procedures
• Dance Student Information Handout
• Dance Curriculum Outline
• Director Notebook Labels
• Honor and Responsibility
• Make Your Time Count
• Making The Grade on Organization
• Managers Daily Routine
• New Parent 101
• Parent Survival Guide
• Planning Worksheet
• Straws and Tennis Balls
• Student Contact Info
• Terminology

General Assignments

• Advanced Dance Choreography Assignments
• Dance Diagramming
• Me Board Assignment
• Me Board Scoresheet
• Technique Rubric

Jazz

• Jazz Dance Knowledge Seekers

Leadership

• Leadership 101
• Leadership Styles- Long

Modern

• Here, There, Everywhere
• Modern Dance: History Notes

Team Building

• Birthday Cards
• Getting To Know You
• Loving Others Their Way
• Small Birthday Cards
• Something Sweet
• Team Building
• You've Been Tagged

Technology

• Dancing With The Computer
• Ideas For Technology Integration
  

Dance Related Articles
The following articles were written by Ma Dance and Auxiliaries Staff and were published in various issues of DTDA's INSIGHTS Magazine.

Elementary Differences Between Modern and Lyrical Dance by Mary Wendt General Effect by Mike Mastandrea March, April, May- A Three Month Crash Course for New Members by Mary Wendt Polishing a Stylized Jazz Routine by Donna Mastandrea Haas Truth in Dancing: The Value of Teaching Correct Technique by Jamie Drake Stephens Raise Your Routine Choreography Level Without Adding More Difficulty by Mike Mastandrea Non-Profit Dance Websites En Croix, a Christian fellowship organization for dancers DTDA, Dance/Drill Team Directors of America TDEA, Texas Dance Educators Association

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