Dance

Season One: Body & Energy

All lessons support Kentucky and National Core Arts Standards in Dance, with an emphasis on the anchor standards Creating and Performing.

Season One introduces four dance tools (B.E.S.T.: Body, Energy, Space, Time) and focuses on Body and Energy.

Creating: The following lessons support students exploring different movement qualities.

K-3 Energy | Emotions: Explore how we can express emotions with movement.

4-5 Energy | Emotions: Explore how we can express emotions with movement.

K-3 Energy | Environments: Explore how we can express the world around us with movement.

4-5 Energy | Environments: Explore how we can express the world around us with movement.


Performing: The following lessons model ways students can share what they’ve learned through creative movement.

K-3 Energy | Emotions: Build a dance to communicate emotions.

4-5 Energy | Emotions: Build a dance to communicate emotions.

K-3 Energy | Environments: Build a dance to communicate parts of our world.

4-5 Energy | Environments: Build a dance to communicate parts of our world.