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Programs & Services2025-02-11T21:00:45-05:00

Choreography Assessment Program (CAP)

The National Dance Society offers CAP as a service to dancers and dance educators who need independent, professional evaluation of their works.  It is open to NDS and non-NDS members.  Dance faculty seeking tenure/promotion may find these evaluations useful pieces in their dossier. Choreography may be submitted as research and the process of adjudication adds a level of objectivity.

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Dance Research Databases

Dance Research Reference List HERE is a living compilation of all dance-related research articles. As a benefit of membership, this resource can be used to search and easily locate relevant publications for scholarship, school project, or personal edification.

Peer-Reviewed Dance-Related Journals Database by Nick Enge HERE.

***These items are Member-Only by a code. Password will not work.

Please email cherylstafford@comcast.net if you need the code.

Dance Education Standards and Lesson Plans

The National Dance Education Standards Framework provides a comprehensive, holistic dance education curriculum to facilitate teaching and learning with dance content knowledge, skills, and specific performance indicators, preparing students for college and dance careers.

*Standards in Action Lesson Plans Project HERE!

*National Dance Education Standards HERE!

***These items are Member-Only by a code. Your password will not work. Please email cherylstafford@comcast.net if you are a member and need the code.

Delta Eta Pi (ΔΗΠ)

Delta Eta Pi is the National Dance Society’s honor society. Its purpose is to provide an organization dedicated to the advancement of dance and dance education in middle and secondary schools, studios, colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning. Delta Eta Pi offers programs in dance instruction in one or more genres; and to recognize and encourage academic excellence, dance technique, choreography, scholarship, and service to the school and community.

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Leadership Academy

The Leadership Academy (LA) provides an intensive, 18-month program available to anyone, based on the premise that leadership is a process by which individuals mobilize others to achieve specific goals, and is a critical factor in the success or failure of any initiative or organization. If you have a passion for excellence, for others, and for making a difference, the Leadership Academy is for you. Candidates are carefully screened and selected through an application process. Each candidate completes a personal project to utilize the lessons learned. More information here. 

Publications

The National Dance Society is dedicated to advancing academic scholarship in the field of dance and dance education, as well as to offering articles, best practices, news, and other dance related information to our membership and the greater dance community.

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