The Dancing Queen

This unit covers a basic overview of the muscular system. It is great for introducing anatomy to young dancers. It includes a PowerPoint and a complementary worksheet for students to follow along with.

This unit covers a basic overview of the skeletal system. It is great for introducing anatomy to young dancers. It includes a PowerPoint and a complementary worksheet for students to follow along with.

Included in this lesson plan bundle are two units on ballet history from its origins to the classical standards created in France. Each unit has a PowerPoint presentation with a complementary worksheet for students to follow along with.

This unit builds off of the foundation of history detailed in the Ballet History--Origins to the Renaissance unit. Includes a PowerPoint presentation and complementary worksheet for students to follow along with and gives a brief history of ballet in France from the Baroque period to the establishment of classical standards.

This unit covers an early history of ballet from the origins of dance to the Renaissance dances that eventually gave way to classical ballet. Includes a PowerPoint presentation and complementary worksheet for students to follow along with.

This PowerPoint presentation pairs with the Ballet Basics worksheet! Use this to supplement your lecture on ballet basics so that students have something visual to follow along with as they complete their worksheet. You can edit this presentation to your needs as soon as you download it.

This worksheet introduces the basics of ballet class to beginner students. In this, we learn the structure of class, the 5 positions, and the seven movements of dance. The worksheet has blanks for students to fill in as they follow along, and I've included a teacher copy at the end of the document with all the correct answers!