Bachelor (Hons) - Contemporary Dance
- 4 years
- Duration
- 7,875 EUR/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Girne / Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Location
Program description
The mission of the ARUCAD Contemporary Dance Department is to educate and prepare dance professionals to advance the field of contemporary dance via their own skills, expertise, and enthusiasm. As part of this program, our students take classes together with those from the Department of Sound Arts and Design, collaborate on projects, and learn from and teach their peers from a wide range of artistic disciplines. Each semester concludes with a public showcase of the students' artistic endeavors.
Our students gain valuable teaching and learning experience as they lead others in public classes and seminars designed to help them grow in tandem with the community and culture in which they were raised.
Program structure
1st year
- Basics of Ballet
- Movement
- Modern Dance Techniques –Limon –Horton
- Improvisation: Movement, Drama and Sound
- History of Music
- Culture of Thinking
- Academic English I
- Ballet for Contemporary Dancers (prereq. CNDC 101)
- Dance Practices
- Modern Dance Techniques-Graham & Cunningham
- Self-Discover: Movement, Drama and Sound
- History of Performing Arts
- Thinking Practices
- Academic English II
2nd year
-
Ballet- Contemporary Combinations
- Movement-Release Technique
- Exploring Masters of Choreography
- Interpreting Texts- Literature
- Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I
- Turkish Language I
- Departmental Elective I
- Ballet – Contemporary Variations
- Movement – Release and Flow (prereq. CNDC 203)
- Applied Choreography
- Interpreting Text- Music
- Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II
- Turkish Language II
- Departmental Elective II
3rd year
-
Contemporary Dance Mix Techniques
- Basics of Contact Improvisation
- Creating Dance Pieces
- Exchanged Experiences- Dance
- Interpreting Texts- Film & Drama
- Departmental Elective III
- Faculty Elective I
- Contemporary Dance- Flying Low
- Contact Improvisation & Passing Through (prereq. CNDC 303)
- Practicing Choreography
- Exchanged Experiences- Choreography
- Interpreting Texts-Dance &Performance Art
- Departmental Elective IV
- Faculty Elective II
4th year
-
Collaborative Project
- Exchanged Experiences- Physical Theatre & Performance Art
- Ensemble Stage Production-Dance I
- Departmental Elective V
- Faculty Elective III
- University Elective I
- Graduation Project and Portfolio
- Exchanged Experiences- Dance Industry
- Ensemble Stage Production-Dance II
- Departmental Elective VI
- Faculty Elective IV
- University Elective II
Price
- Tuition fee - 7,875 EUR/year (1,050 EUR registration fee is included)
Requirements for applicants
- High School Diploma + Transcript (translated to English and notarized)
- Portfolio (scan copies of your works related to a programme applying for)
- Scanned copy of your Passport (photo page)
- Minimum IELTS 5.0 or TOEFL 60 (In the absence of such, students will take the language proficiency exam upon arrival. Please note that all our programmes are taught in English)
About the university
Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD), established in 2017 in North Cyprus, is a specialized art institution that focuses solely on the creative and communicative arts. With a focus on traditional, modern, and contemporary art education and training, and recognizing the inseparable link between theory and practice, ARUCAD aspires to become one of the most prestigious universities in art education by helping its students continuously improve their creative productivity through interdisciplinary and cross-cultural programs.
All aspects of the classroom will promote a culture of respect for the natural world, recycling, health and safety, and cultural, racial, and religious diversity. The "learning while producing, producing while learning" model of education seeks to foster more in-depth creative and critical thinking by bringing together students' real-world experiences, academic studies, and professional work.
Mission
Using the ephemeral aspects of art, design, and communication, ARUCAD seeks to make cultural and intellectual contributions to society while also developing a higher education environment with a creative, egalitarian, and innovative perspective that will satisfy the requirements of the period.
Vision
The vision of ARUCAD is to create a space that is contemporary, innovative, questioning, and production-oriented, bringing together local and international art, design, and communication.
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