Every subtopic of DP Dance, ready to teach.

This unit addresses the full range of compositional skills and analytical practices required by the DP Dance syllabus — choreographic devices, use of music, props and set pieces, compositional processes and structures, and the ability to create original dance works with contrasting natures. Analytical statement writing is developed as a discipline in its own right, with students applying key terms, reflecting critically on compositional problems, and documenting the creative process. HL lessons extend into compositional contrast across two or three works and cross-component connections.

Skills & assessment. Lessons develop the ability to articulate intention through compositional choices, evaluate the work of other choreographers, and write with precision about form, content, and function — skills directly relevant to both the internal assessment and the externally assessed analytical statement. Each of the 14 lessons ships with a lesson plan, student worksheet, and mark scheme.

This unit spans all five World Dance Studies topics: analysis of dance elements across cultures, physical engagement with diverse dance styles, historical and current contexts of dance traditions, individual dance investigation, and — for HL — extended comparative investigation across multiple cultures. Students examine how culture, tradition, context, and change shape movement vocabulary, style, and form, and develop skills in comparative analysis and academic research using appropriate sources.

Skills & assessment. Lessons build toward the written and investigative demands of the World Dance Studies component, developing students' ability to produce written analysis of similarities and differences between dance styles, contextualise dance works historically, and — at HL — construct extended written analysis of dance cultures and identities. All 15 lessons ship with a lesson plan, student worksheet, and mark scheme.

This unit addresses all five Performance topics: technical skills in dance, performance skills and expressive ability, interpretative ability, programme notes, and reflective journal & glossary development. Students examine what it means to perform with technical control, spatial awareness, dynamic sensitivity, and stylistic integrity — both as individual performers and in relation to other dancers and an audience. Written components are treated with equal rigour, covering programme note writing and ongoing reflective journaling.

Skills & assessment. Lessons develop the practical and written competencies assessed in the Performance component — from body strength and rhythmic accuracy to articulating communicative intention in programme notes and building a personal glossary of dance terminology. Each of the 15 lessons ships with a lesson plan, student worksheet, and mark scheme, supporting both rehearsal-based teaching and written assessment preparation.