Your Go-To Curriculum for Teaching Partner Acro Skills
Teaching partner acro can feel intimidating—but it doesn’t have to. With DTCE’s Acro: Partner Work Beginner–Advanced, you’ll get a complete, teacher-focused curriculum that takes the guesswork out of teaching lifts, balances, and transitions. This course equips you with 30+ partner skills, 2+ structured syllabus guides, and 36+ minutes of tutorials, giving your dancers performance-ready combos that build trust, strength, and total stage presence.
Featuring exciting material like Swing Around the World, Butterfly to Chinstand, Partner Aerial Cartwheel, The Claw, Straddle Lift, Airplane, Front Walkover Waist Lift, Double Cartwheels, and Back Pullover Split, this series helps dancers train as partners while developing balance, control, and artistry.
👉 Explore the Acro Dance SMART Syllabus for Partner Work to see how our clickable syllabus links match every drill to a teacher training video.
Key Features of DTCE’s Acro: Partner Work Beginner–Advanced
✔ 30+ Partner Skills designed for classroom + choreography use
✔ 2+ Syllabus Guides with progressions + spotting cues
✔ 36+ Minutes of Tutorials featuring corrections + strength prep
✔ Performance-Ready Combos for jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and musical theatre
Ready to implement? You can Buy Tutorial Videos – Series Bundle for Partner Work or start with the Buy Basic Syllabus – Series Bundle (List of Skill Titles) if you’re looking for a skill roadmap.
Why Partner Acro Training Works
Partner work isn’t just about flashy tricks—it’s about trust, communication, and control. With this progression-based course, dancers learn how to move together with safety and precision, supported by spotting tips, hand placement corrections, and step-by-step instruction.
Teachers gain clarity with DTCE’s structured approach, which blends tutorial videos + matching syllabus for seamless lesson planning. This eliminates guesswork, ensures dancers progress in the right order, and helps you build choreography-ready combinations faster.
Teaching By the Syllabus – What You’ll Master
✔ Partner lifts, balances, and counterbalances taught progressively
✔ Weight-sharing techniques for safe execution
✔ Smooth entrances + exits to integrate into choreography
✔ Transitional skills that connect acro into lyrical, contemporary, and jazz routines
Get the full system with the Buy Complete Genre – Series Bundle (Tutorial Videos + Basic Syllabus) or cherry-pick exactly what you need through Buy À La Carte – Individual Series (Tutorial Videos + Basic Syllabus).
Perfect Pairings to Maximize Progress – Shop Now!
To help your dancers master partner skills, combine this course with foundational strength, flexibility, and warm-up training:
✔ Conditioning Series – 110+ exercises to develop strength, power, and endurance—key for partner lifts
✔ Flexibility Series – 175+ skills and 5+ hours of tutorials to increase range of motion and prevent injury
✔ Acro Warm-Up Series – 60+ exercises designed to prep muscles, enhance technique, and keep dancers safe
Why Choose Dance: The Cutting Edge (DTCE)?
With 95+ teacher training courses, 4,000+ tutorial videos, and 900+ downloadable syllabus, DTCE is the #1 platform for affordable, progression-based, video-supported curriculum. Every series is designed to keep your classes fresh, structured, and safe—whether you’re teaching beginners or advanced competitors.
Led by Kimberly Beck Thomson, a certified dance curriculum specialist with 35+ years of experience, DTCE’s method combines safety, progression, and creativity. Kimberly’s expertise—shaped by decades of directing, choreographing, and training teachers—ensures you get resources that actually work in the studio, not just on paper.
Give your dancers the teamwork, timing, and technique they need—start DTCE’s Acro: Partner Work Beginner–Advanced today!