DOMAIN DANCE®
Domain Dance® is a six-level dance curriculum designed to organize the core skills students need for consistent progress in the Dance Classroom®. The curriculum focuses on turns, jumps, flexibility, performance quality, traveling movement, and choreography patterns.
Built on ballet and traditional jazz foundations, Domain Dance® gives dance educators a clearer way to plan instruction, identify age-appropriate skills, and measure student growth. It also helps parents better understand what their children are learning and how their skills develop from one level to the next.
Domain Dance® provides the curriculum foundation for American Sport Dance Games®. At ASDG events, team routines are evaluated using a structured rubric aligned with the skills and performance expectations taught through Domain Dance®. An introduction to the curriculum and scoring details are presented during Dance Studio By Design® seminars and through the EXPECTATIONS for Dance Curriculum Frameworks® Educational Site License.
Dance Studio By Design® is the publicly hosted seminar focused on how to teach, organize, retain students, develop faculty, plan performances, and grow the studio.
Domain Dance® is the member-only curriculum seminar that teaches eligible AADI educators what to teach when preparing teams to enter American Sport Dance Games®. It is available only after three consecutive months of active AADI membership and is not offered as a public host seminar.
Dance Studio By Design® Seminar → AADI Membership → Domain Dance® Member Seminar → ASDG Team Preparation
DOMAIN DANCE® LEVELS I-VI
The Domain Dance® seminar shows educators how to plan and teach the specific curriculum used to prepare team routines for American Sport Dance Games®. Domain Dance® does not replace a studio’s regular curriculum or recital programming. Studios may continue teaching and presenting all dance genres and styles in their customary classes and recital routines.
All American Sport Dance Games® adjudicators are credentialed in the Domain Dance® curriculum, performance expectations, and rubric-based assessment system before judging licensed events. All adjudicators are members of the American Association of Dance Instructors.
Domain Dance® Seminar Outline
The Domain Dance® member seminar teaches active AADI educators how to use the curriculum for skill progression, classroom assessment, routine development, and American Sport Dance Games® team preparation. Members become eligible to attend after completing three consecutive months of paid membership.
The seminar explains the specific Levels I–VI skills, teaching materials, progress-tracking tools, and ASDG preparation requirements. Domain Dance® is used for participating ASDG teams and does not replace a studio’s regular curriculum, dance genres, or recital programming.
What Members Learn
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Domain Dance® Levels I–VI
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Ballet- and traditional-jazz skill foundations
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ASDG team preparation
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Curriculum progressions and progress tracking
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What must be taught before entering an ASDG event for each level of entry
Domain Dance® Curriculum Planning
The Big Picture: Vision First — 10 minutes
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Define your studio’s teaching philosophy.
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Identify age-level goals and milestones.
ASDG Preparation — 20 minutes
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Align Domain Dance® instruction with the studio calendar.
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Plan ASDG curriculum and team preparation by quarter or season.
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Develop core skills that support the performance expectations, and team routines will be used for American Sport Dance Games® entries.
Domain Dance® Skill Progressions by Level — 25 minutes
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Review the core Domain Dance® skills used in ballet- and traditional jazz for ASDG team entries.
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Organize developmentally appropriate progressions across Domain Dance® Levels I–VI.
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Use a printable rubric to track student readiness for ASDG team preparation routine entries.
Review and Resources — 10 minutes
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Share planning ideas and ASDG preparation strategies with other educators.
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Review the Domain Dance® planning and progress-tracking rubric templates.
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Identify when and how to revise ASDG team instruction during the season.