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CTE Dance Program

CTE = Career Technical Education
 
CTE Dance Pathway courses at ELAPA:
  • CTE Introduction to the Performing Arts (Grades 9-12)
  • CTE Dance Choreography (Grades 10-12)
  • CTE Dance Company (Grades 11-12)
 
Additional Dance Electives that may be offered to complete a four year course of study:
  • Modern Dance
  • Jazz Dance
  • Musical Theater Dance Styles
Performing Arts Pathway
 
The Performing Arts pathway focuses on the direct creation of art and entertainment by the individual artist instead of through a secondary physical medium.
Performing artists are themselves the medium of creative expression. Sample occupations associated with this pathway:
  • Composer
  • Music Arranger
  • Conductor
  • Actor (e.g., Stage, Film, Video, DVD)
  • Performing Artist
  • Singer
  • Dancer
  • Musician
  • Voiceover Artist
  • Narrator
Arts, Media, and Entertainment Sector Description
 
Of all the career industries, the Arts, Media, and Entertainment sector requires perhaps the greatest cross-disciplinary interaction because the work in this sector has a propensity to be largely project-based, requiring both independent work and interdependent management skills for career success.
 
New technologies are also constantly reshaping the boundaries and skill sets of many arts career pathways. Consequently, core arts-sector occupations demand constantly varying combinations of artistic imagination, metaphoric representation, symbolic connections, and technical skills.
 
Successful career preparation involves both broad and in-depth academic and technical preparation as well as the cultivation of twenty-first-century skill assets, such as flexibility, problem-solving abilities, and interpersonal skills.
 
Careers in the Arts, Media, and Entertainment sector fall into four general pathways: Design, Visual, and Media Arts; Performing Arts; Production and Managerial Arts; and Game Design and Integration.
 
The anchor and pathway standards make explicit the appropriate knowledge, skills, and practical experience students should have in order to pursue their chosen profession, whether that profession requires postsecondary education, graduate training, or apprenticeship.
 
Learning the skills and knowledge for creating, refining, and sharing work in the Arts, Media, and Entertainment industry sector promotes teamwork, communication, creative thinking, and decision-making abilities—traits that are necessary to function successfully in the competitive and media-rich twenty-first century.
 
Through the manipulation of sight, sound, and motion, those choosing a pathway from this sector reach out in unique ways to enhance the quality of life for those around them.ur text here...