Creative Dance 1

Preparatory 4

Preparatory 4 heavily explores relationships, such as, how dance is organized through patterns and storytelling, music’s connection to movement and how it supports dance, our connections with ourselves, our classmates, and teachers. Students are encouraged to learn each other’s names, dance with everyone, follow a leader, and take turns. A great activity and differentiation of the Preparatory 4 level is the portion of the class in which they learn French, to prepare for the use of fundamental ballet terminology. Students learn basic words, counting to eight, body parts, and dances using French songs.