Dance University of Nicosia

Overview

The Dance programme from  University of Nicosia is also aiming to provide a well-balanced curriculum which blends practice, theory and creative skills in order to develop well-rounded dance practioners, educators, and artists.

Key Facts:

• Perform and interpret contemporary dance on a professional level, demonstrating a high level of technical proficiency, a broad range of movement qualities and dynamics and strong personal expression.

• Perform classical ballet with adequate proficiency, embodying the aesthetics and qualities of major styles within the technique (i.e. romantic, neoclassical, contemporary).

• Demonstrate professional kineasthetic/spatial skills in all techniques.

• Practice, interpret and successfully perform dance in various and diverse professional ensemble/dance company situations.

• Choreograph, teach and direct dance works.

• Improvise dance as a creative tool and as a performance genre (contemporary dance based).

• Formulate and practice a personalised, unsupervised practice routine that incorporates dance technique and body conditioning practices.

• Interpret and analyse dance in a variety of styles and performance media, besides his/her specialised performance media.

• Demonstrate a historical, aesthetic and socio-cultural understanding of dance.

• Classify, differentiate, interpret, analyse, and criticise a broad and diverse dance repertory representing a variety of styles.

• Teach contemporary based and creative dance to children and adults of all ages from a beginning to a high intermediate level.

• Create and administer unit-based dance lessons and curricula, implementing the appropriate methods and theories in dance pedagogy.

• Engage in dance research, using appropriate tools and methods and drawing upon a variety of source material.

Upon successful completion of this programme, the students should be able to: