Instructors in higher education arts programs have a responsibility to promote active citizenship and to encourage their students to use the creative arts as a vehicle for positive social change. However, in dance curricula, incorporating these concepts can be challenging, given the long history of structured technique pedagogy and the specific learning objectives and outcomes students typically expect. Within the dance minor curriculum design at Texas A&M International University, modern dance performance courses allow the faculty the space, opportunity, and freedom to implement unique experiences in the classroom. In her Fall 2017 modern dance performance course, Tracy Klein was interested in encouraging students to become socially responsible and to engage with their community. Klein describes how she set a pedagogical goal to build connections among the students to create a cohesive, more meaningful performance and to bridge the gap between the performers and the greater community, both on campus and off. To achieve this, the course was structured around two key events: choreographing and performing an ensemble piece designed to foster an awareness of community and devising creative projects that would benefit a community of any size or nature through a dance-related event.