Dance Lesson Plan Template – Printable, Barre to Combination

How it works

This printable dance lesson plan template opens on one class: lines for Class, Level, Date and Music, then ruled blocks for the warm-up, center or barre work, across the floor, the combination and the cool-down.

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Plan the class in order

Press Print the lesson plan. Write the exercises under each heading in the order you will teach them, with the counts or the track beside them. The last block keeps notes for next class.

A dance class lesson plan template in a table

The timed table sets minutes, an exercise and the music beside each of five parts. Choreography notes has eight numbered rows, each split into counts 1 to 4 and 5 to 8, for writing a combination down.

Creative movement class plan suits young dancers: a hello circle, a freeze and shape game and a dance story.
The unit sheet lists eight classes with new steps, review and the part of the dance to learn.

Questions and answers

Is there a ballet lesson plan template?

Yes. The ballet class plan has ruled lines under Barre, Center: adagio, Small jumps (petit allegro), Large jumps (grand allegro) and Reverence (bow), under the same four lines at the top.

Is there a dance teacher lesson plan template for a whole week?

Yes. Dance teacher's week is a sideways page with a row for each of eight classes and columns for day and time, class, level, focus, combination and music.

Does the page name steps, songs or a syllabus?

No. Every form but the sample is empty, and no dance school, syllabus, exam or song is named. The sample is a made-up beginner class on skips and gallops with a kind of music beside each part.

Which dance styles does it fit?

Any. The opening sheet uses words most dance classes share: warm-up, center or barre work, across the floor and combination. Only the ballet sheet uses ballet's own words.

All 9 sheets

One class 2

Dance half sheets, one short plan on each A dashed line splits the page into two short plans. On each: Class and Date lines and ruled lines for Warm-up, Technique, Combination and Cool-down.
Dance lesson plan, one class from warm-up to cool-down Lines for Class, Level, Date and Music, then ruled lines under six headings: Warm-up, Center or barre work, Across the floor, Combination, Cool-down and Notes for next class.

Ballet and young dancers 2

Ballet class plan, barre to reverence For a ballet class: ruled lines under Barre, Center: adagio, Small jumps (petit allegro), Large jumps (grand allegro) and Reverence (bow).
Creative movement class plan For young dancers: Class, Date, Theme or story and Music lines, then Hello circle, Warm-up, Moving through the space, Freeze and shape game, Dance story and Goodbye.

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Tables and counts 2

Choreography notes, eight counts a row For writing down a combination or a dance: 8 numbered rows, each split into Counts 1 to 4 and Counts 5 to 8, with a column for Arms, facing or formation.
Timed dance class, five parts in a table A table with the rows named Warm-up, Center or barre, Across the floor, Combination and Cool-down, and columns for Minutes, Exercise or step and Music. A Notes for next class line sits below.

A week or a unit 2

Dance teacher's week, 8 classes A sideways page with a row for each of 8 classes and columns for Day and time, Class, Level, Focus, Combination or dance, and Music.
Dance unit over 8 classes, new steps and review Eight numbered rows with Date, New steps, Review and Part of the dance to learn columns. Class, Level and Dance or style lines at the top.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: a beginner class on skips and gallops, filled in Sample. A made-up class for beginners, written into the timed table: an exercise and a kind of music beside each of the five parts. The 45 minutes are a guess.

How this list was compiled: Written and laid out in-house for this page on October 2, 2026. Every sheet is a plain form to fill in by hand; the headings are everyday planning words, and no school district's, publisher's or program's form is copied. The ballet class headings use words from Wikipedia's Glossary of ballet, read on October 2, 2026. The sample class is made up. Licence: own work