Dance Education is a theory of education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

 which heavily incorporates dance, and other forms of artful movement, into the curriculum.

Dance education may include the study of formalised dance disciplines:

• Classical Ballet
  Classical ballet
  Classical Ballet is the most formal of the ballet styles, it adheres to traditional ballet technique. There are variations relating to area of origin, such as Russian ballet, French ballet, British ballet and Italian ballet...
  
  
• Jazz Dance
  Jazz dance
  Jazz dance is a classification shared by a broad range of dance styles. Before the 1950s, jazz dance referred to dance styles that originated from African American vernacular dance. In the 1950s, a new genre of jazz dance—modern jazz dance—emerged, with roots in Caribbean traditional dance...
  
  
• Tap Dance
  Tap dance
  Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sound of one's tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive instrument. As such, it is also commonly considered to be a form of music. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses more on the...
  
  
• Ballroom Dancing
• Latin Dancing
• Contemporary Dance
  Contemporary dance
  Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
  
  

Alternatively, dance education may include the study of less formal dance, or social dance disciplines:

• Line Dancing
• Sequence Dancing
• Freestyle Dance

Professional dance education

Professional or vocational dance education may be provided by both public and private sector institutions. Private institutions normally specialise in dance, and are commonly known as dance schools or colleges.

Examples include:

• Royal Ballet School
  Royal Ballet School
  The Royal Ballet School is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in London...
  
  
• School of American Ballet
  School of American Ballet
  The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...