Teach hip-hop with ease while saving both time and money with DTCE’s Synergy Center Combo Mini Course: Mini Hip Hop “Let’s Party”—a fun, rhythm-driven combo designed for ages 5–7. This course gives teachers a done-for-you choreography breakdown, ensuring dancers develop coordination, musicality, and confidence without needing expensive materials or added prep. With 4+ combo breakdowns, 3+ syllabus guides, and 15+ minutes of expert-led instruction, you can deliver engaging, high-energy classes with zero stress.
This course introduces center-based hip-hop combinations tailored to help young dancers improve movement transitions, musicality, and performance confidence. Designed for fun and structure, each combo strengthens coordination and introduces expressive style. Teachers get clear guidance, helping students stay focused and motivated while learning foundational hip-hop with energy and ease.
Key Features of DTCE’s Synergy Mini Hip Hop “Let’s Party” Mini Course
✔ 4+ combo breakdowns focusing on rhythm, musicality, and movement execution
✔ 3+ syllabus guides offering structured, easy-to-follow lesson plans
✔ 15+ minutes of expert instruction providing clear choreography breakdowns
Teaching by the Syllabus: What Teachers Need to Teach and What Students Should Master at Each Level
DTCE’s Progressive Syllabus/Interactive Curriculum provides a structured guide for teachers, outlining what to teach at each level and ensuring students master essential skills before moving on to the next stage. Educators are given a clear roadmap to introduce age-appropriate progressions, covering alignment, coordination, strength, and balance. This system eliminates guesswork and training gaps, allowing teachers to focus on hands-on corrections and refining technique while ensuring students progress safely and effectively.
Key Skills & Techniques for Strong Technical Foundations
DTCE’s Progressive List – Dance Steps/Skills – Title Only – NO Written Breakdown ensures teachers have an affordable, reliable reference for which drills, exercises, and progressions to teach at each level.
This structured roadmap helps educators implement well-rounded training, ensuring students develop strong technical foundations before advancing. Along with the progressive list, we also provide a detailed course curriculum description and timestamps, making it even easier for teachers to navigate lessons, structure classes efficiently, and reinforce key techniques. With 900+ downloadable syllabus materials, DTCE streamlines lesson planning and promotes consistent, high-quality instruction across all levels.
Why Mastery Before Advancement Matters
Ensuring students develop proficiency at each level is critical for injury prevention, long-term success, and confidence in their dance training. Teachers must ensure dancers achieve control, coordination, and strength before progressing, reinforcing proper technique and muscle memory. With DTCE’s progression-based curriculum, educators can confidently deliver high-quality instruction, maintain consistency across all levels, and set students on the right path for success.
Who Is It For?
Perfect for early childhood dance teachers, PE coaches, studio owners, private studios, school programs, and competitive teams, DTCE provides a ready-to-use, affordable training system that builds dancer confidence while reducing teacher burnout.
Why Stop Here? Shop DTCE’s Best Add-On Courses!
✔ Acro Series – 960+ skills & 11+ hrs. tutorials (Levels 1–6, Partner Work, How-To Teach, Aerials, Handsprings, Tricks, Drills)
✔ Preschool Series – 160+ skills & 3+ hrs. of Pre-Ballet, Tumbling, and Tap for ages 3–5
✔ Choreo Series – 16+ routines & 5.5 hrs. of Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary & more
✔ Conditioning Series – 110+ strength, agility, balance, & jump-control exercises
✔ Combos Recreational Series – 3 combos, 31+ modules, 5+ hrs. of Jazz & Lyrical combos
✔ Combos Competitive Series – 4 combos, 20+ modules, 1.5+ hrs. across Jazz, Lyrical, Theatre, & Hip Hop
✔ Dance Team Series – 130+ skills & 32+ syllabus with drills for pom, leaps, jumps, turns, transitions, & Top 25 Skills
✔ Flexibility Series – 150+ skills & 5+ hrs. of stretching tutorials across beginner–advanced
Why Choose Dance: The Cutting Edge (DTCE)?
Video-Based Teacher Training Curriculum • Syllabus • SMART Resources • Instant Lesson Plans • Every Skill Linked to a Matching Tutorial • All Genres/All Levels
Finally—a done-for-you, all-in-one progressive curriculum that gives dance teachers the structure, clarity, and confidence they’ve been missing. With over 95 accredited courses, 4,000+ teacher training tutorial videos, and 900+ clickable syllabi, hundreds of video-supported, ready-to-teach lesson plans, and the full 10-Month Success Kit, DTCE is the only system built to help you streamline your studio’s curriculum.
Whether you want full access through a membership or you just need a single course, syllabus, or lesson plans à la carte, DTCE fits your teaching style, your schedule, and your budget.
DTCE’s affordable, accredited curriculum gives dance educators ready-made, comprehensive lesson plans that eliminate the stress and guesswork of choreography. DTCE is the go-to solution for studios that want results without burnout.
Your Instructors: Preschool & Primary Hip-Hop Specialists
This series is led by Brielle Thomson, a 4th-generation dance teacher and choreographer with elite training, a Master’s in Entertainment Business, and 17+ years of competitive experience. A Broadway Dance Center alum and former FSU Dance Force officer, Brielle combines technical precision with creative edge to help dancers thrive in today’s performance world.
Created in collaboration with Kimberly Beck Thomson, a certified dance curriculum specialist with 35+ years of experience and the former Artistic Director/Owner of Dance Unlimited Miami (Top 50 Studio in the U.S.), this series blends innovative choreography with progression-based structure.
Together, Brielle and Kimberly deliver a powerful system that gives dancers the tools to grow artistically while reinforcing technical foundations—making it easy for teachers to implement and exciting for dancers to learn.
