TURNS, JUMPS, & LEAPS COMPLETE GENRE SERIES: BEGINNER-ADVANCED (VOL. I-III)
Start Free TrialTurns, Jumps & Leaps Complete Genre Series: Beginner-Advanced (Vol. I-III) Curriculum Description
The Only Turns, Jumps & Leaps Curriculum Dance Teachers Need—Structured, Affordable, and Studio-Tested!
This comprehensive series provides an in-depth breakdown of turns, jumps, and leaps, ensuring dancers develop proper technique, balance, and execution. With 37+ essential skills, 5+ structured syllabus guides, and 1.2+ hours of expert-led tutorials, educators gain everything they need to confidently lead students through beginner, intermediate, and advanced techniques.
This curriculum develops essential skills like chainé/calyspo for fluid turns, pop/saut de chat for dynamic height, and double stag/pirouette/fan for controlled extensions. Dancers will refine axel & half/reverse illusion for rotational mastery and check/floor beat arch for seamless floor transitions, ensuring coordination and technical excellence. With tutorial videos + matching syllabus, this course provides a clear roadmap to help dancers master technical execution with confidence.
Key Features of Turns, Jumps, & Leaps Complete Genre Series
✔ 37+ Essential Skills, 5+ Syllabus, 1.2+ Hours of Tutorials
✔ Step-by-Step Breakdown with Teacher Tips
✔ Drills for Strength & Precision
✔ Designed for Jazz, Contemporary & Lyrical Training
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 dance teachers, 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 Choose Dance: The Cutting Edge (DTCE)?
✔ Teacher Training Tutorials + Matching Syllabus
Dance: The Cutting Edge’s (DTCE) affordable, accredited curriculum streamlines lesson planning and enhances your studio’s offerings. Every lesson is progression-based and age-appropriate, ensuring students build a strong foundation for long-term success.
✔ DTCE’s Complete Curriculum for All Styles & Levels
With 95+ courses, 4,000+ tutorials, and 900+ syllabus across 16+ genres, DTCE is the ultimate all-in-one solution for dance educators.
Best When Paired With These DTCE Courses – Shop Now!
✔ Choreo Series – 16+ routines & 5.5+ hours of choreography instruction across all styles, perfect for applying skills in performance settings
✔ Conditioning Series – 110+ exercises targeting strength, agility, balance, and jump height
✔ Dance Team Series – 130+ skills & 32+ syllabus covering essential techniques like pirouettes, leaps, transitions, and dynamic jumps
✔ Flexibility Series – 175+ skills & 5+ hours of tutorials designed to maximize range of motion and prevent injuries
✔ Jazz Series – 370+ skills & 12+ hours of training, complementing turns, jumps, and leaps with across-the-floor progressions
✔ Technique Series – 50+ skills & 2+ hours of step-by-step breakdowns, focusing on proper positioning, turnout, and alignment—an essential supplement for Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical & Progressions
✔ Warm-Up Series – 160+ exercises & 6+ hours of tutorials for pre-class preparation, ensuring dancers are fully activated and ready to perform
✔ Combos Competitive Series – 4 combos, 20+ modules & 1.5+ hrs. of jazz, lyrical, musical theatre, and hip-hop tutorials for beginner-advanced levels.
✔ Combos Recreational Series – 3 combos, 31+ modules & 5+ hrs. of Jazz & Lyrical tutorials, building foundational skills, musicality, and movement for beginner-advanced dancers.
✔ Progressions Series – 23+ skills & 1+ hrs. of tutorial content for jazz-based dance styles ensure a solid technical foundation, adding structure to class, and promoting muscle memory.
Your Instructor: A Dance Curriculum Specialist
Led by Kimberly Beck Thomson, a certified dance curriculum specialist with 35+ years of experience and former Artistic Director/Owner of Dance Unlimited Miami—recognized as one of the Top 50 Studios in the U.S.
Kimberly served on the Board of Directors for Florida Dance Masters for 25 years, shaping high-quality dance education standards. As a third-generation dance educator, award-winning choreographer, and sought-after master teacher, her expertise ensures progression-based learning and technical excellence at every level.
Perfect Every Aspect of Your Turns, Jumps, & Leaps with DTCE!
TURNS, JUMPS & LEAPS FULL COURSE SERIES: BEGINNER-ADVANCED (VOL. I-III)
The Only Turns, Jumps & Leaps Curriculum Dance Teachers Need—Structured, Affordable, and Studio-Tested!
This comprehensive series provides an in-depth breakdown of turns, jumps, and leaps, ensuring dancers develop proper technique, balance, and execution. With 37+ essential skills, 5+ structured syllabus guides, and 1.2+ hours of expert-led tutorials, educators gain everything they need to confidently lead students through beginner, intermediate, and advanced techniques.
This curriculum develops essential skills like chainé/calyspo for fluid turns, pop/saut de chat for dynamic height, and double stag/pirouette/fan for controlled extensions. Dancers will refine axel & half/reverse illusion for rotational mastery and check/floor beat arch for seamless floor transitions, ensuring coordination and technical excellence. With tutorial videos + matching syllabus, this course provides a clear roadmap to help dancers master technical execution with confidence.
Key Features of Turns, Jumps, & Leaps Beginner-Advanced
✔ 37+ Essential Skills, 5+ Syllabus, 1.2+ Hours of Tutorials
✔ Step-by-Step Breakdown with Teacher Tips
✔ Drills for Strength & Precision
✔ Designed for Jazz, Contemporary & Lyrical Training
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 dance teachers, 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 Choose Dance: The Cutting Edge (DTCE)?
✔ Teacher Training Tutorials + Matching Syllabus
Dance: The Cutting Edge’s (DTCE) affordable, accredited curriculum streamlines lesson planning and enhances your studio’s offerings. Every lesson is progression-based and age-appropriate, ensuring students build a strong foundation for long-term success.
✔ DTCE’s Complete Curriculum for All Styles & Levels
With 95+ courses, 4,000+ tutorials, and 900+ syllabus across 16+ genres, DTCE is the ultimate all-in-one solution for dance educators.
Best When Paired With These DTCE Courses – Shop Now!
✔ Choreo Series – 16+ routines & 5.5+ hours of choreography instruction across all styles, perfect for applying skills in performance settings
✔ Conditioning Series – 110+ exercises targeting strength, agility, balance, and jump height
✔ Dance Team Series – 130+ skills & 32+ syllabus covering essential techniques like pirouettes, leaps, transitions, and dynamic jumps
✔ Flexibility Series – 175+ skills & 5+ hours of tutorials designed to maximize range of motion and prevent injuries
✔ Jazz Series – 370+ skills & 12+ hours of training, complementing turns, jumps, and leaps with across-the-floor progressions
✔ Technique Series – 50+ skills & 2+ hours of step-by-step breakdowns, focusing on proper positioning, turnout, and alignment—an essential supplement for Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical & Progressions
✔ Warm-Up Series – 160+ exercises & 6+ hours of tutorials for pre-class preparation, ensuring dancers are fully activated and ready to perform
✔ Combos Competitive Series – 4 combos, 20+ modules & 1.5+ hrs. of jazz, lyrical, musical theatre, and hip-hop tutorials for beginner-advanced levels.
✔ Combos Recreational Series – 3 combos, 31+ modules & 5+ hrs. of Jazz & Lyrical tutorials, building foundational skills, musicality, and movement for beginner-advanced dancers.
✔ Progressions Series – 23+ skills & 1+ hrs. of tutorial content for jazz-based dance styles ensure a solid technical foundation, adding structure to class, and promoting muscle memory.
Your Instructor: A Dance Curriculum Specialist
Led by Kimberly Beck Thomson, a certified dance curriculum specialist with 35+ years of experience and former Artistic Director/Owner of Dance Unlimited Miami—recognized as one of the Top 50 Studios in the U.S.
Kimberly served on the Board of Directors for Florida Dance Masters for 25 years, shaping high-quality dance education standards. As a third-generation dance educator, award-winning choreographer, and sought-after master teacher, her expertise ensures progression-based learning and technical excellence at every level.
Perfect Every Aspect of Your Turns, Jumps, & Leaps with DTCE!