TAft Dance Program- Our program's Objective is Teaching student’s various styles of dance such as Jazz, modern, hip-hop, ballet, lyrical and many more. We use dance to teach our students how to express their ideas, feelings, or concern, we want teach life through dance. some of are goals are that students gain an a appreciation for dance as an art form, Develop physical and energetic coordination, Develop musical and rhythmic awareness, Feel and experience movement, Create choreography, And Experiment with personal boundaries.
Taft Dance Team- This Team Has a Legacy of excellence, our students are committed and dedicated to growing, improving and succeeding in and out of the dance room. the Dance team is a Spirit team, the team Brings pride to the students and staff of taft. the dance team is a year long commitment, during the fall the team focuses on Football games, pep-rallys, school spirit, and dance concert. the spring semester focus is competitions, dance concert, and the dance team audition. our goal on the dance team is to teach Life through dance, for students to DEVELOP BODY AWARENESS, SPACIAL AWARENESS, AND MUSICALITY WITH ITS RELATION TO TIME, SPACE, AND ENERGY. STUDENTS WILL CHOREOGRAPH THEIR OWN DANCES. DANCING ALONE OR WITH OTHERS, THE BODY WILL BE USED AS AN INSTRUMENT TO COMMUNICATE EMOTIONS AND TO EXPRESS UNIQUE INDIVIDUALITY THROUGH MOVEMENT. (for more details see dance team contract) *Auditions for the Taft Dance Team is every year in spring April or May keep checking the calendar for updates and events