In high school, students work within the four artistic processes of dance: Performing, Creating, Responding, and Connecting. Students at the Proficient level develop partner and ensemble skills, experiment with the elements of dance, accept criticism and apply corrections, and compare and analyze different dances and dance genres. 

Teachers may find their students are below grade level depending on the number of class meetings per week, amount of time per class meeting, consistency of previous instruction, etc. Teachers should evaluate their student's knowledge and abilities and use the standards that best fit their learning needs, while working to move the students to the appropriate grade level standards. 

The order of the standards at any grade level is not meant to imply a sequence of topics and should be considered flexible for the organization of any course. 

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	Artistic Processes	The dance standards emerge from the artistic processes of performing, creating, responding, and connecting. Each artistic process branches into multiple anchor standards. The anchor standards further divide into objectives, which describe student learning in dance.
	Objective Analysis	Analysis for each grade-level objective is provided in a manner to support deep understanding of goals and expectations for the teacher and student. Following each Objective Analysis are links to Instructional Resources providing recommendations for lesson ideas and resources. Recommendations are not intended to be an exhaustive listing of instructional possibilities.