SAMPLE LESSON AND UNIT PLANS

In this unit, learners explored the traditional movement practice of a dream travel destination.  Students used research skills, movement motifs, and professional masterwork exemplars to develop solo choreography that represents the essence of the traditional movement practice.  Click on the image above for an in-depth, deep dive into this unit!  

In this lesson, students applied their knowledge of ballet technique to evaluate a peer's technical performance.  Students fist practiced the combination, then generated evaluation criteria, and finally used their criteria to provide feedback to a peer.

In this lesson, I paralleled crafting a paragraph/essay with choreographing a dance in order to demonstrate how to infuse technical elements into choreography in a way that furthers choreographic intent.  Dancers read different versions of embellished "none-sense" paragraphs, engaged in class discussion, and worked in small groups to revise their existing choreography based on their new knowledge.

In this unit, students develop understanding of their community as they explore identity and diversity through dance.  Lessons connect to students' day-to-day experiences and build community and collaboration within the class.

In this lesson, dancers explored two elements of dance (time and relationship) through improvisation and choreographic tasks.  Students used inference skills to make connections between today's lesson and choreographic intent and artistic expression, two key concepts of their Introduction to Dance Composition Unit.​​

In this unit, students develop understanding of rhythm and musicality as it related to jazz dance.  This unit was designed for a middle school inclusion class and provides examples of modifications within the lesson plans.