Ninth graders learn the foundations of safe, sustainable dancing — proper alignment, core engagement, turnout, cross-training, and recovery — so they can train hard, prevent injury, and dance for years.
Students will be able to…
Great dancers train smart, not just hard. Proper alignment and recovery keep a dancer strong and injury-free. What are the keys to dancer wellness?
Project this and match each dancer-wellness term to its meaning — tap a term, then tap its meaning.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Great dancers train smart — alignment and recovery keep them injury-free. How?
Students explore.
Students create.
Students perform.
Students respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Dance, HS Proficient).
Use healthy alignment and technique.
Dance with control and safety.
Analyze safe practice.
Apply body-mind principles.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students check their standing alignment and describe one way they can support their body outside of dance. A printable alignment sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.