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There is a world of dance happening in BPS. Led by an intensely proficient and wonderfully diverse group of teachers, dance students engage in profound learning experiences aimed at developing dance proficiency and deepening cultural awareness. The dance curriculum calls for teachers to develop sophisticated and developmentally appropriate choreography that challenges our students, while fostering success. As the district embraces the Common Core and National Core Arts Standards, our goal is to create a shared catalog of dances at all levels that allow students to demonstrate essential dance skills and make connections across content areas. All dance teachers are invited to join in this collaborative effort to ensure that dance remains a viable and practiced art for BPS students. 

The adopted elementary dance curriculum is The BrainDance, developed by Anne Green Gilbert.

Professional Association: National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) - www.ndeo.org
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Questions? Want to get involved? Contact Emmanuel Toledo, Program Director for the Performing Arts.
  • Standards, Maps, SLOs
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Mass. Core Arts Standards, SLOs and High School Map
Recommended Diverse Read-Aloud List for Elementary Dance
Dance - Common Assessment Tools
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Contact Emmanuel Toledo if you do not have your copy of these materials.
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Arts SMART Goals Guidance

BPS ARTS OFFICE
Campbell Resource Center
1216 Dorchester Ave.
Boston, MA 02215

OUR MISSION

The BPS Visual and Performing Arts Department aims to provide excellence, access, and equity in arts education for all Boston Public Schools students. Learn more

CONTACT US

617-635-9278
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  • Home
  • Blog
  • District-Wide
    • BPS Arts Office Staff
  • Gallery
    • MLK 2025 Winning Poems
  • Pedagogy
    • Professional Development >
      • SY 24-25
      • SY 23-24
      • SY 22-23
      • SY 21-22
      • SY 20-21
    • Transformative SEL in the Arts
    • Artist Spotlight
    • Dance
    • Music >
      • Band Instruments
      • Band Book Play-a-longs >
        • 1. Improvise: Concert F
        • 6. Improvise: Concert E flat
        • 12. Improvise: Concert D
        • 20. Improvise: Concert C
        • 26. Improvise: Concert B flat
        • 32. Improvise: New Rhythm Workout
        • 37. Improvise: Put It All Together
        • 43. Improvise: Concert G
        • 50. Improvise: Concert A
        • 56. Improvise: Put It All Together
        • 70. Improvise: New Rhythm Workout
        • 71. Improvise: Concert A flat
        • 77. Improvise: New Rhythm Workout
        • 78. Improvise: New Rhythm Workout
        • 80. Improvise: New Rhythm Workout
        • 87. Improvise: E natural
        • 93. Improvise with Let's Go Band
        • 95. Improvise: Concert A low
        • 101. Seven Nation Army
        • 102. Improvise: Concert G and F low
        • 103. Improvise: How Low Can You Go?
        • 119. Improvise: Feeling Bluesy
    • Visual & Media Arts
    • Theatre
    • Virtual Learning >
      • Virtual Field Trips, SY 22-23
      • Virtual Field Trips, SY 21-22
      • Virtual Field Trips, SY 20-21
      • Virtual Center for Creativity
      • Virtual Citywide Arts Festival
  • Partner Connection
  • BPS Arts Expansion