West Philadelphia High School – Dance 4 Honors

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course builds upon Dance 3. In this course, students will create a dance and revise it over time. Students will articulate the reasons for their artistic decisions and discuss and develop criteria for evaluating their own work and that of others. Students will also compare elements and principles of choreography with elements and principles of other art forms. Dance in American music theatre and music video will be explored as our cultural contribution to the global dance consciousness. In so doing, students will articulate the importance of considering the elements/sub-elements of dance when creating or observing choreography. Students will analyze a dance on the basis of form, meaning, and quality using appropriate dance vocabulary.