Dance Strand Mission

Academy Dance Majors

I Our Mission is to inspire young artists to become inspiring artists themselves. The McCallum High School Fine Arts Academy Dance Department strives to prepare each student for a collegiate experience in some form of dance and performance. We wish to not only prepare our students for a college education in dance and performance, but to also provide them with the necessary materials to confidently enter a professional career in the world of dance.
II As most of our dance majors come into the department with a movement style preference, we encourage them to branch away from their norm to study the different genres dance has to offer. We expect our dancers to leave with a broad range of movement capabilities and with the understanding that the evolution of dance is the slow fusing all genres of dance.
III Enforcing a "learning how to learn" curriculum allows our dance majors to visually recognize patterns of movements as they see it performed. we believe if a dancer can immediately grasp movement through observation, the dancer can then focus on the intellectual movement possibilities that will eventually enhance the performance quality. This process physically teaches a dancer to learn and retain quickly which is expected of all professional dancers.
IV We believe that Dance is an art form that requires its students to train their bodies and minds towards Problem solving, Critical Thinking, Community Building, and Cultural Awareness.