Dance Partnership - Call for applicants

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DANCE PARTNERSHIP

AIM AND CONTENT The Dance Partnership education is for professional dancers and choreographers who wish to expand their practice in the areas of participation, pedagogy and dissemination.

Graduates from the education are able to initiate and facilitate dance projects, performances and teaching situations where participants are creatively and socially as well as physically involved in the artistic process. Through the acquisition of a practically applicable skill set and critical, contextualised reflection students become equipped to respond to and affect a society and a performing arts field that is constantly evolving.

Taking their individual area of artistic interest as a starting point, students develop their own distinct practice within the field of participation, teaching and dissemination. This continuous research is underpinned by a practical and theoretical foundation in dance pedagogy, creative methods and entrepreneurship.

The curriculum consists of classes and workshops combined with research periods where the student carries out self-defined projects. Students facilitate practical dance encounters and performance projects to specific target groups during external placements organised in collaboration with the head of the education.

The education is concluded with a substantial practical and written dissertation.

Collaboration with students from other specialisations and a focus on entrepreneurship prepares the student to successfully realise projects on their own and/or forge partnerships with cultural institutions upon finishing the education. The close relationship between dance and music and its relevance as a dance pedagogical tool is also in focus. Some modules are delivered in collaboration with the education Musical Accompaniment for Dance.

APPLICATION

The Dance Partnership programme at The Danish National School of Performing Arts is a 2 year full-time post-graduate education in pedagogic and creative practice. The education is targeted towards professional dance artists with a minimum of two years of professional experience and a BA in dance or equivalent.

Applicants should be aware that the education encompasses mandatory modules corresponding to a workload of 120 ECTS, and that the teaching language is English.

The programme is financed by the Danish state and is free of charge to students coming from EU & EEA countries. Students from outside the EU/EEA-area are obligated to pay tuition fees when admitted into the programme.

Up to seven students are accepted to the education every two years. The education is now open for applications for enrolment in the academic year commencing Autumn 2018.

The school also offers continuing education possibilities focused towards the professional arts environment. More information regarding The Danish National School of Performing Arts and the educations is available at www.ddsks.dk

DANISH NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS

The Danish National School of Performing Arts offers educations within all aspects of performing arts.

The approximately 212 full-time students work in an inter-disciplinary study environment where they have the possibility to deepen their knowledge and skills within their area of specialisation and participate in inter-disciplinary projects, productions and performances.

THE

The Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) is an artistic institution of higher education under the Ministry of Culture Denmark with departments in Aarhus, Fredericia, Odense, Copenhagen and Odsherred.

The Dance Partnership programme is taught at the Copenhagen department.

A P P L I C AT I O N D E A D L I N E

Tuesday the 3rd of April 2018

A U D ITI O N D ATE

(By invitation only) Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd of April 2018

F U RTH E R I N F O R M ATI O N:

Please visit www.ddsks.dk or contact Head of Education Laura Navndrup Black at lanb@scenekunstskolen.dk

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