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Dance
Our Dance Major is a rigorous and comprehensive program designed to stretch our students’ creativity and critical thinking, enabling them to accelerate in their development as both dancers and scholars.
Dance students at BAA are prepared for the next step in their career through foundational classes in classical ballet and modern dance. Though these are our primary focuses, we believe in a holistic education, offering Pilates and yoga right alongside jazz dance and West African dance.
These technique and dance classes are supported with lessons on composition, dance history, healthful living, and dance production and technologies. This extensive study in the arts is balanced by a strong academic base in the Humanities, STEAM, and Literary Arts, preparing students for whatever path they choose to pursue. (Linked to these dept. pages)
We also offer multiple opportunities for our Dance students to connect with professionals in the field as well as participate in nationally competitive summer programs. Recent guest choreographers have included Sean Curran and Pedro Ruiz and former master classes have been taught by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Raphael Xavier.
Ninth Grade
English (Language and Literary Arts) · Introductory Physics · Geometry · Humanities I · World Language or Learning Center · Orientation · Body Conditioning · Ballet Technique Level I · Modern Technique Level I · Jazz Dance · Orientation to Dance I · Yoga & Mindfulness Movement Exploration
By Audition | Not Required
Repertory & Choreography I · Pointe Styles Class · Men’s Ballet
Additional Academic Opportunities
Open Honors · Dual Enrollment at Roxbury Community College (RCC)
Additional Arts Electives
Musical Theatre · Entrepreneurship · Art Connections · Photography
Juries and Assessments
All students will perform one jury at the end of each term. Students will be assessed according to participation, dress code, skill, and effort.
Tenth Grade
English (Language and Literary Arts) · Biology · Algebra · Humanities II · World Language or Learning Center · Pilates · Contemporary Dance · Progressing Ballet · Musical Theatre Dance · Ballet Technique Level II · Modern Technique Level II · Orientation to Dance II · Improvisation · Yoga & Mindfulness Movement Exploration
By Audition | Not Required
Repertory & Choreography I · Pointe · Men’s Ballet · Styles Class
Additional Academic Opportunities
Open Honors · Dual Enrollment at Roxbury Community College (RCC)
Additional Arts Electives
Musical Theatre · Entrepreneurship · Art Connections · Photography
Juries and Assessments
A comprehensive review consisting of three major parts will take place at the end of sophomore year: assessment of the student’s seriousness of purpose, assessment of grades (maintaining the minimum grade of ‘C’ in all dance courses), and assessment of the student’s technical dance skills through a jury.
Eleventh Grade
English (Language and Literary Arts) · Chemistry · Advanced Algebra · Humanities III · Elective or Learning Center · Ballet Technique Level III · Modern Technique Level III · Contemporary Dance · Elements of Choreography I · Collaborative Improvisation · Dance History · Yoga & Mindfulness · Progressing Ballet
By Audition | Not Required
Pointe · Men’s Ballet · Repertory & Choreography II · Honor’s Dance · Contemporary Floor Work
Additional Academic Opportunities Open Honors · Spanish III · AP Biology
Additional Arts Electives
Musical Theatre · Entrepreneurship · Art Connections · Photography
ProArts Dual Enrollment
Berklee & Boston Conservatory · Boston Architectural Center (BAC) · Emerson · Mass Art
BPS Dual Enrollment
Ben Franklin Institute of Technology · Bunker Hill · Roxbury Community College (RCC) · Suffolk University
Partnership
Vertex Science Summer Internship
Juries and Assessments
All students will perform one jury at the end of each term. Students will be assessed according to participation, dress code, skill, and effort.
Twelfth Grade
Twelfth Grade
English (Language and Literary Arts) · Environmental Engineering · Probability & Statistics or AP Statistics or Dual Enrollment Calculus or Other College Math · Humanities IV · Elective or Learning Center · Ballet Technique Level IV · Modern Technique Level IV · Senior Project Dance (capstone | required) · Elements of Choreography II · Collaborative Improvisation · Contemporary Dance · Yoga & Mindfulness · Pilates · Progressing Ballet
By Audition | Not Required
Pointe · Men’s Ballet · Contemporary · Floor Work · Repertory & Choreography II
Additional Academic Opportunities Open Honors · AP Biology (elective) · AP Statistics · Seal of Biliteracy
Additional Arts Electives
Musical Theatre · Entrepreneurship · Art Connections · Photography
ProArts Dual Enrollment
Berklee & Boston Conservatory · Boston Architectural Center (BAC) · Emerson · Mass Art
BPS Dual Enrollment
Ben Franklin Institute of Technology · Bunker Hill · Roxbury Community College (RCC) · Suffolk University · Cambridge College
Partnership
Vertex Summer and School-Year Internships
Juries and Assessments
All students must successfully complete a Senior Dance Project. To graduate with honors, students must have a GPA of 3.5 in their dance courses junior and senior year, achieve an average of 3.5 in Junior Choreography and Senior Dance Project, participate in at least one main state production, and have achieved a level of “proficient” during the Sophomore Review.
More information on our benchmarks and requirements for the Dance Major can be found in our BAA Student Handbook HERE.
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George Bernard Shaw
Filmed live at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester on January 27th, 2018. Clip contains "Heatwave" and "Please Mr. Postman."
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Dance Department Chair and Faculty
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Dance Faculty
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Our graduates go on to college and pre-professional programs that benefit from our multi-disciplinary approach as well as careers in dance.
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Kirven Douthit-Boyd
Co-Artistic Director of Dance at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
