Dance Standards
North Carolina Essential Standards
Below are the Essential Standards that are taught for all levels of dance in North Carolina Public Schools.
Creation and Performance
1. Use choreographic principles, structures, and processes to create dances that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, and images.
2. Understand how to use performance values (kinesthetic awareness, concentration, focus, and etiquette) to enhance dance performance.
Dance Movement Skills
Understand how to use movement skills in dance.
Responding
Use a variety of thinking skills to analyze and evaluate dance.
Connecting
Understand cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary connections with dance.
Links to documents with Clarifying Objectives of each Essential Standard.
K-8th grade – North Carolina
9th-12th grade – North Carolina