Higher Dance Education

(Part Three)

In the October blog post we discussed Arts Education in Dance.

In the November blog post we discussed the Arts Education that we offer at our Centro de Danza Mari Cruz Alcalá centres, programmes in Elementary Grade and Professional Grade.

To conclude this series of information about Arts Education, we would like to expand on it by writing about Higher Dance Education within the education system, framed by the European Higher Education Area

Its added value consists of bringing together excellent artistic training with scientific and technological knowledge and specialised technical procedures, through a suitable theoretical and practical approach that meets not only the requirements of the production sector, but also the preservation and renewal of dance as a means of cultural expression and a universal creative language that plays a decisive role in enriching and preserving artistic and cultural heritage.

The programmes offered in Higher Arts Education in Dance respond to the principles of quality, flexibility and mobility of the European Higher Education Area, the professional demands of the different artistic fields and the needs of the world of work, and enable you to:

• Qualify professionally in your chosen specialisation.
• Enter professional practice and the world of work in an excellent competitive position.

Higher Arts Education is structured academically into three levels:

• Higher Degree
• Master’s Degree
• Doctorate

What is its CONTENT?

The general objective of Higher Arts Education in Dance is to provide qualified training for professionals who, building on previous practical training as their essential foundation, possess comprehensive practical, theoretical and methodological training that equips them to enter the different professional fields of this discipline.

Duration

4 academic years of 60 credits each, with a total of 240 ECTS credits.

ECTS credits are used as a unit of measurement reflecting learning outcomes and the volume of work undertaken by the student.

Qualification

Higher Degree in Dance followed by the corresponding specialisation.

We already discussed the changes introduced by the LOMLOE in our October blog post, *Arts Education.

Specialisations

• Choreography and Performance
• Dance Pedagogy

Let us look at the subjects included in each of these specialisations:

CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE

Training subjects:

• Dance History and Humanities
• Health Sciences Applied to Dance
• Dance and Movement Techniques
• Choreographic Composition and Improvisation Techniques
• Creative Systems and Tools
• Analysis and Practice of Choreographies and Repertoire
• Music and Sound Languages Applied to Dance
• Staging and Dramaturgy
• Technologies Applied to Dance
• Organisation, Management and Development of Artistic Projects
• Placements
• Final Degree Project

DANCE PEDAGOGY

Training subjects:

• Dance History and Humanities
• Health Sciences Applied to Dance
• Dance and Movement Techniques
• Dance Psychopedagogy
• Didactics and Methodologies for Teaching Dance
• Creative Tools
• Analysis and Practice of Choreographic Works and Repertoire
• Music and Sound Languages Applied to Dance
• Organisation, Management and Development of Educational Projects
• Placements
• Final Degree Project

Opportunities in the professional field

As a dance professional, there is a wide range of employment possibilities throughout your career. Here are some:

• Performer–dancer
• Choreographer
• Rehearsal director
• Ballet master/mistress
• Director of a professional Dance company
• Dance producer
• Dance critic
• Dance teacher
• Researcher
• Social, educational and well-being dance
• Creation and new media
• Cultural manager

We have now finished covering the Spanish education system (L.O.E.) for Arts Education in Dance.

In our next blog post we will discuss the British Dance Education System Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D.) This is training that we have offered for more than 20 years at our Dance Centres, alongside studies under the L.O.E.

See you soon, and thank you for sharing this reading with us.

*Teatro Principal de Zaragoza