Learning process and teaching sequence in dance

The following is general guideline to help you plan and develop the learning in a dance lesson.  The sequence is not fixed but helps you develop most types of dance from folk dance to creative dance.

Teaching Sequence

Learning Sequence

  • Action
  • Beat
  • Direction
  • Pathway
  • Add Action or Relationship and repeat.
  • Refine effort and all movement concepts
  • Perform
  • Explore
  • Experiment
  • Select
  • Repeat
  • Practice
  • Refine
  • Repeat
  • Perform