Part of the Arts Education department at C Joyner Greene Education Center.

Intermediate Dance builds on foundational skills, encouraging students to explore the relationship between dance and societal, cultural, and historical events. Students will create and refine original works, incorporating diverse sources of inspiration. Emphasis is placed on performance techniques, including kinesthetic awareness and artistic projection, while also addressing the ethical aspects of dance production. Students will explore potential career paths in dance, and analyze dance from va

Honors Accomplished Dance is designed for advanced students to deeply engage with dance as an art form and professional field. Students will analyze the evolution of dance through history, explore contemporary innovations, and apply cross-disciplinary skills to enhance their dance practice. They will develop original solo works and adapt significant dance pieces, while addressing ethical issues such as copyright and fair use. Through refined technical execution and critical feedback, students wi

Honors Advanced Dance is an in-depth exploration of dance as a global, interdisciplinary art form. Students will analyze the historical expansion of dance and its impact on contemporary trends, while exploring innovations in technology and media. Through collaborative choreography, improvisation, and performance, students will refine their technical skills and artistic expression. The course emphasizes the development of strategies to prevent and address health issues in dancers, while also prep

This course is designed for students who intend to purse Dance as their electives in high school. The course focuses on skills associated with ideation, experimentation, creation, revision, reflection, and analysis—the full range of processes and activities that artists engage in while producing their work. Rather than limiting arts instruction to a singular focus on a final performance or finished portfolio and the development of technical skills that ensure the quality of this presentation, th

Students will develop an understanding of basic ballet technique and vocabulary. Dance history, anatomy, choreography, and performance are included. This process develops greater self–discipline and confidence.

This course offers advanced study of ballet technique, vocabulary, and some point work as well as the continued study of dance history, choreography, and performance. Dancers will continue to develop self–discipline and confidence.

The IB DP dance course takes a holistic approach to dance, and embraces a variety of dance traditions and dance cultures— past, present and looking towards the future. Performance, creative and analytical skills are mutually developed and valued whether the students are writing papers or creating/ performing dances. The curriculum provides students with a liberal arts orientation to dance. This orientation facilitates the development of students who may become choreographers, dance scholars, per

This advanced course emphasizes technical mastery and artistic expression in dance. Students will analyze the global evolution of dance and its interdisciplinary connections, applying this knowledge to create, adapt, and perform original works. The curriculum includes improvisation, group choreography, and production design, fostering collaboration and critical thinking. Students will also address the prevention and management of physical and mental health challenges for dancers. The course prep

Intermediate Contemporary Dance is an introduction to a comprehensive selection of movement concepts through beginning level modern dance technique, improvisation, composition, theory, and analysis. Experiences will promote both a greater awareness of self and an increased understanding of the dance medium.

Contemporary Dance II is designed to increase the dancer’s skills in contemporary dance styles. Emphasis is on developing a refined kinesthetic sense and individual expression through technique and improvisation.

Choreography is the study of dance composition through explorations of choreographic theories and design. Students study the process of creating dance through a series of structured exercises and explorations of movement and movement design. Each student creates a dance to be presented in a public showing at the end of the semester.