Dobie Dance
 

Dance students at Dobie develop perceptual thinking and movement abilities in daily life, promoting an understanding of themselves and others. Students develop movement principles and technical skills, and explore choreographic and performance qualities.

Students develop self-discipline and healthy bodies that move expressively, efficiently and safely through space and time with a sensitive kinesthetic awareness. Students recognize dance as a vehicle for understanding historical and cultural relevance, increasing an awareness of their heritage and traditions and those of others, and enabling them to participate in a diverse society.

The core dance curriculum has its foundation in the study of ballet, modern/contemporary, and jazz dance techniques, composition/choreography, performance, aesthetics, anatomy/somatics, cultural/historical studies and analysis.

At Dobie, Dance can be taken in pace of a Physical Education credit in grades 6th-8th. Our Advanced Dance, or “Dance Team” also becomes an option for 7th and 8th graders who audition for the team