CDF’s modern dance curriculum is influenced by a wide range of dance and movement techniques: Humphrey/Limon, Graham, Horton, Cunningham and Laban/Bartenieff. CDF’s teaching artists bring a unique and personal approach to their teaching, emphasizing body and spatial awareness, physical strength and endurance, rhythmic accuracy, improvisation and the fundamentals of composition/choreography. The combination of movement awareness and technical skills along with practice in improvisation and composition exposes students to the core values of modern dance.

Modern I (royal blue or purple leotard)
For students in 3rd-5th grade.
Wednesday 4:00-5:00

Modern II (burgundy or red leotard)
For students in 5th-7th grade, by teacher placement.
Tuesday 5:05-6:20

Modern III (black leotard)
For students in 7th-12th grade, by teacher placement.
Monday 5:05-6:35

Class Attire:
Girls:  dance pants or leggings with leotard in assigned color (above)
Boys: T-shirt and sweat pants