The D.A.R.E Dance curriculum has the following aspects:

The curriculum has the following aspects. Dancers from different studios and dance companies are contacted and hired to take an assembly-type program out into a local school as D.A.R.E. Dancers. These positive role models discuss and demonstrate fun alternatives to drugs and violence, and other themes consistent with the D.A.R.E. in-school curriculum (in which students will be undergoing simultaneously). In addition, the dancers perform at least one choreographed piece, show students various forms of dance through demonstration, and invite students to participate by stretching and dancing with the dancers on the stage. Finally, the professional dance company invites students to register for a free after-school dance class series running ten weeks per semester.

The free after-school dance class series exists as part of the D.A.R.E. +P.L.U.S. curriculum. Children learn to dance in a safe, supervised environment in their own schools. At the end of the 10-week session, parents and other students are be invited to the class to watch a short demonstration and combination learned by the students. Students may have the opportunity to use dance combinations again and again at school events.

Finally, dance students have the opportunity to apply for scholarship at a local studio if a strong interest in dance education develops. Scholarship programs are held at local studios for longer-term study in dance. Scholarship students are encouraged to return to the community DARE Dance Programs as teacher assistants, and will ideally continue with their dance training through their high school years.