The Dance Education Initiative Curriculum Guide is a valuable resource for K-16 dance educators and teaching artists. In framing dance as an integral part of learning for all students, the Guide blends cultural and contextual considerations into all aspects of the discipline.

Part One provides an Orientation to the Guide that establishes a point of view about dance in the schools and includes material that may help to advocate for the importance of dance in school curricula.

Part Two introduces A Model for Dance in the Schools. The parts of the model are explained including perspectives on the art and discipline of dance. Widely applicable to any form of dance and to any educational setting, the model explains dance in a way that is useful to both specialist and non-specialist dance educators.

Part Three provides Tools for Planning and Implementing Dance Learning Experience to assist educators in planning, teaching and assessing dance learning experiences.

The Dance Education Initiative Curriculum Guide was produced during the 1990-1998 Dance Education Initiative (DEI), a resource program of the Minnesota Center for Arts Education (later named as the Perpich Center for Arts Education).

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Arts Courses for Educators (ACE) Dance
The Perpich Center offers professional development in dance through the Arts Courses for Educators (ACE)~Dance program.

Find mini-courses, dance tools and more online. Visit the ACE Dance section of Artful Online.