Looking for a cost-effective, hassle-free way to teach hip-hop? DTCE’s Mini Hip Hop Full Course Series delivers a structured, progression-based curriculum—eliminating lesson planning stress while keeping dancers engaged. This comprehensive program develops rhythm, coordination, musicality, and confidence with 50+ essential skills, 16+ syllabus guides, and 2+ hours of expert-led instruction. Designed for ages 5–7, it ensures young dancers progress safely and effectively while making learning fun.
Key Features of DTCE’s Mini Hip Hop Full Course Series
✔ 50+ essential hip-hop skills covering foundational movement, rhythm, and musicality
✔ 16+ syllabus guides offering structured, progression-based lesson plans
✔ 2+ hours of expert instruction breaking down key hip-hop techniques and combos
What’s Included in DTCE’s Mini Hip Hop Full Course Series?
✔ Mini Synergy Hip Hop Center Skills – 30+ foundational skills including isolations, rhythm drills, and groove-based movement for ages 5–7
✔ Mini Synergy Hip Hop Center Combos – 3 high-energy routines broken down over 21 minutes to enhance musicality and style
✔ Mini Synergy Hip Hop Across-the-Floor – 17+ traveling drills and 20+ minutes of combos focused on movement direction, coordination, and confidence
✔ Mini Urban Across-the-Floor – 10+ beginner traveling hip-hop skills with front and back views to support technical clarity and rhythm
✔ Mini Kinetic Choreo – 2 beginner-level performance routines (Beatbox & Uptown Funk) with 10+ breakdowns and 5+ structured syllabus guides
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 detailed course curriculum descriptions and timestamps, making it easier to structure lessons 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. of tutorials across Levels 1–6, Partner Work, How-To Teach, Combo Skills, Aerial & Back Handspring Training, Trendy Tricks, and Drills.
✔ Preschool Series – 160+ skills & 3+ hrs. of Pre-Ballet, Tumbling, and Tap for ages 3–5 with fun, age-appropriate progressions.
✔ Choreo Series – 16+ routines & 5.5 hrs. of multi-angle tutorials in Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap, Contemporary, and Primary.
✔ Conditioning Series – 110+ exercises to build strength, agility, balance, and jump control.
✔ Combos Recreational Series – 3 combos, 31+ modules, 5+ hrs. of Jazz & Lyrical combos focusing on musicality and movement.
✔ Combos Competitive Series – 4 combos, 20+ modules, 1.5+ hrs. of Jazz, Lyrical, Musical Theatre, and Hip Hop.
✔ Dance Team Series – 130+ skills & 32+ syllabus with drills for pom, pirouettes, leaps, jumps, headsprings, transitions, and Top 25 Skills.
✔ Flexibility Series – 150+ skills & 5+ hrs. of stretching tutorials across beginner–advanced, including Wall, Incline, and Mixed Level series.
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 95+ accredited courses, 4,000+ teacher training tutorial videos, and 900+ clickable syllabi, plus hundreds of video-supported, ready-to-teach lesson plans and the 10-Month Success Kit, DTCE is the only system that helps you streamline curriculum while avoiding burnout.
Whether you want full access through a membership or 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.). A third-generation educator and award-winning choreographer, Kimberly is known for developing teacher training systems that strengthen technique, musicality, and classroom consistency across multiple dance genres.
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.
Bring Structure, Style, and Smiles to Your Hip-Hop Classes—Train With DTCE Today!
