The curricular framework set forth in this document is designed to assist administrators and teachers in planning, developing, and implementing K-12 dance programs. The publication is organized in five major sections: the first section presents a philosophy defining the nature of dance in relation to society, the learner, and the school curriculum; the second focuses on goals and subgoals representing broad statements of desired outcomes; the third provides further definition for each subgoal; the fourth offers illustrative objectives, showing how goals and subgoals may be treated at particular grade levels; and the final section describes how to develop and use goals, subgoals, expectancies, and objectives in the preparation of dance scopes, sequences, and instructional units. Appendices provide a sample set of illustrative objectives, the required Maryland competency objective, a glossary of dance education terms, the names of the Maryland Dance Curriculum Framework Task Force, and both the Maryland and the national review panels for the Maryland Dance Curricular Framework. (LL)