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NDEO's OPDI has created over 55 courses since 2012, although some courses have been retired or combined to create a new course. Below is a list of our current courses grouped by track. Click on Download OPDI Course Catalog below to see full course information.
Advocacy
Arts Integration
Assessments
Choreography
Genres
History
Kinesiology, Neuroscience, & Movement Analysis
Leadership and Administration
Music for Dance
Pedagogy and Teaching Methods
Research
Standards
OPDI-M26: Dance in Communities: Models and Methods of Building Community & Reciprocity
OPDI-M28: Dance in Communities: Partnerships, Advocacy, and Audience Building
OPDI-M35: Creating Gender Inclusive Dance Spaces
OPDI-115: Dance Integration: Re-Envisioning the Creative Process
OPDI-103: Foundations for Assessments in Dance
OPDI-M3: Rubrics and Portfolio Assessments in Dance
OPDI-122: Celebrating Voices of Choreographers: Applications to Teaching, Learning, & Appreciation
OPDI-127: Screendance: Create Your Own Short Dance Film
OPDI-M9: Choreographic Sharing and Explorations – School, Studio, and Personal
OPDI-M18: Introduction to Choreography in Dance Education: a Process to Teach Your Students How to Create Dances
OPDI-M19: Dance Stagecraft and Production
OPDI-M37: Choreography for the Screen: An Investigation about Video Dance and Video Art
OPDI-M7: Ballet Theory and Composition
OPDI-M12: Jazz Dance Theory and Practice
OPDI-M13: Modern Dance Theory and Composition
OPDI-M24: Classic Tap Repertoire – The Shim Sham Shimmy
OPDI-M25: Hip-Hop: History and Heritage
OPDI-M30: Dance in India—Delectable Diversity, Taste of Technique
OPDI-M31: Teaching Hip Hop Dance: Context, Culture and Curriculum
OPDI-M33: Tap Dance, an American Dance Form: Teaching Tradition & Technique
OPDI-M34: Exploring Ballet: History and Practice
OPDI-M36: A Survey of Tap Dance Land
OPDI-M39: Afro-Caribbean Dance History and Choreography
OPDI-126: Teaching Musical Theatre Dance Forms: A Historiographical Approach
OPDI-M29: Dance History: Furthering Equity Through Cultural Awareness (can substitute for OPDI-111a and 111b)
OPDI-125 Dance History in the USA
OPDI-110: Dance Kinesiology and Applied Teaching Practices
OPDI-124: Movement Behavior Analysis - Observing Behavioral Differences in Dance Performance
OPDI-116: Harkness Center for Dance Injuries: The Applied Science of Dancer Health and Injury Prevention
OPDI-123: The Dancing Brain
OPDI-M27: Functional Awareness: Mindfulness Practices in Embodied Anatomy for the Dance Educator
OPDI-M32: Using Dance Science to Enhance Curriculum
OPDI-117: Developing Strategic Leadership in Dance and Life
OPDI-121: Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education
OPDI-M5: Writing Successful Funding Proposals
OPDI-M22: Using Dance Pedagogic Content Knowledge (PCK) to Drive Programmatic and Self Growth
OPDI-120: Music Theory & Applications for the Dance Teacher
OPDI-107: Creative Dance in Early Childhood
OPDI-114: Teaching Dance to Students with Disabilities
OPDI-M1: Dance Pedagogy – Learning Styles and Theories
OPDI-M2: Elements of Dance
OPDI-M4: Developmental Domains in Dance
OPDI-M6: Introduction to Creative Dance for Early Childhood
OPDI-M20: Integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into Dance Curriculum
OPDI-M23: Creating an Ethics and Pedagogy of Teaching with(out) Touch
OPDI-M38: Social and Emotional Learning Dance Practice
OPDI-105: Introduction to Dance Education Research
OPDI-112: Implementing the New National Core Arts Standards in Dance