Program Overview

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Dance (BA, 4 Years)

Profile of the Programme

Objectives

The general objectives of the program are to:

1. Provide intellectually and creatively challenging courses founded on scholarship, artistry, and research which encourage the personal development of students.
2. Provide a well-balanced curriculum which blends practice, theory and creative skills in order to develop well-rounded dance practioners, educators, and artists.

The specific objectives of the program are to:

1. Provide students with training in practical, theoretical and artistic education in the field of dance;
2. Equip students with practical, theoretical and creative skills to operate efficiently in the dance field and market;
3. Encourage students to develop and apply critical thinking to the practice, making, teaching and writing about dance;
4. Provide students with the knowledge and skills with which to conduct in-depth inquiries and research in fields of dance, relating dance to social, cultural and political events, past and current;
5. Prepare students for realistic career prospects in dance performance (contemporary dance based), dance composition/choreography, dance theory and research, dance history (including a cultural approach to dance), dance education, and ensemble directing;
6. Prepare students for postgraduate study in various areas of dance.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates of the programme can be accepted into Second Cycle degrees (Master’s Degree).

Admission

Academic Admission

The minimum general requirement for admission to the post-graduate degree programme is a Bachelor Degree from a recognised university.

In addition to the above, applicants must also satisfy the following requirements:

• Successfully pass an audition consisting of a taught contemporary and ballet class, improvisation session, and a discussion.
• International students may submit a video audition

English Language Proficiency

Students satisfy the English requirements if their first degree was taught in English. Otherwise, they would need to present a minimum TOEFL score 550 and above, or Computer-based TOEFL score of 213 and above, or Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) score 79-80 and above, or GCSE (or GCE) English Language “O” Level of “C” or above or IELTS of 6.5 and above or Cambridge Exams (First Certificate with Grade B and above, as well as Proficiency with Grade C and above or a score placement at the ENGL-100 level of the University English Placement Test. The University offers English courses at various levels to help students reach the required standard for admission to a graduate program.

Assessment

Course assessment usually comprises of a comprehensive final exam and continuous assessment. Continuous assessment can include amongst others, mid-terms and class participation.

Letter grades are calculated based on the weight of the final exam and the continuous assessment and the actual numerical marks obtained in these two assessment components. Based on the course grades the student’s semester grade point average (GPA) and cumulative point average (CPA) are calculated.

Graduation

The student must complete 240 ECTS and all programme requirements.

A minimum cumulative grade point average (CPA) of 2.0 is required. Thus, although a ‘D-‘ is a PASS grade, in order to achieve a CPA of 2.0 an average grade of ‘C’ is required.

Learning Outcomes

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

1. 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.
2. Perform classical ballet with adequate proficiency, embodying the aesthetics and qualities of major styles within the technique (i.e. romantic, neoclassical, contemporary).
3. Demonstrate professional kineasthetic/spatial skills in all techniques.
4. Practice, interpret and successfully perform dance in various and diverse professional ensemble/dance company situations.
5. Choreograph, teach and direct dance works.
6. Improvise dance as a creative tool and as a performance genre (contemporary dance based).
7. Formulate and practice a personalised, unsupervised practice routine that incorporates dance technique and body conditioning practices.
8. Interpret and analyse dance in a variety of styles and performance media, besides his/her specialised performance media.
9. Demonstrate a historical, aesthetic and socio-cultural understanding of dance.
10. Classify, differentiate, interpret, analyse, and criticise a broad and diverse dance repertory representing a variety of styles.
11. Teach contemporary based and creative dance to children and adults of all ages from a beginning to a high intermediate level.
12. Create and administer unit-based dance lessons and curricula, implementing the appropriate methods and theories in dance pedagogy.
13. Engage in dance research, using appropriate tools and methods and drawing upon a variety of source material.

Academic Path

Section: A Contemporary Dance

ECTS: Min. 48 Max. 64

• DANC-111: Contemporary Dance I: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-112: Contemporary Dance II: Technigue 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-121: Contemporary Dance I: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-122: Contemporary Dance II: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-213: Contemporary Dance III: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-214: Contemporary Dance IV: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-223: Contemporary Dance III: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-224: Contemporary Dance IV: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-315: Contemporary Dance V: Technique 3 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-316: Contemporary Dance VI: Technique 4 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-325: Contemporary Dance V: Technique 3 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-326: Contemporary Dance VI: Technique 4 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-417: Advanced Contemporary Dance I: Technique1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-418: Advanced Contemporary Dance I: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-427: Advanced Contemporary Dance II: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-428: Advanced Contemporary Dance II: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)

Section: B Ballet

ECTS: Min. 36 Max. 48

• DANC-131: Ballet I (6 ECTS)
• DANC-132: Ballet II (6 ECTS)
• DANC-233: Ballet III (6 ECTS)
• DANC-234: Ballet IV (6 ECTS)
• DANC-335: Ballet V (6 ECTS)
• DANC-336: Ballet VI (6 ECTS)
• DANC-437: Ballet VII (6 ECTS)
• DANC-438: Ballet VIII (6 ECTS)

Section: C Dance Theory

ECTS: Min. 36 Max. ECTS: 48

• DANC-155: Musical Training for Dancers (6 ECTS)
• DANC-251: Historical Perspectives in Dance I (6 ECTS)
• DANC-252: Historical Perspectives in Dance II (6 ECTS)
• DANC-319: Introduction to Dance Therapy (6 ECTS)
• DANC-329: Dance and Culture (6 ECTS)
• DANC-332: Special Topics in Dance Studies (6 ECTS)
• DANC-337: Performance and Professional Practice (6 ECTS)
• DANC-379: Depicting Movement: Dance and Performance Analysis (6 ECTS)
• DANC-389: Dance and Administration (6 ECTS)
• DANC-480: Dance Methodologies (6 ECTS)
• DANC-493: Final Project (6 ECTS)

Section: D Composition and Performance

• DANC-141: Improvisation I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-179: Yoga I (2 ECTS)
• DANC-189: Yoga II (2 ECTS)
• DANC-209: Pilates I (2 ECTS)
• DANC-211: Choreography I (6 ECTS)
• DANC-219: Pilates II (2 ECTS)
• DANC-230: Contemporary Ballet Ensemble (4 ECTS)
• DANC-231: Classical Ballet Variations (4 ECTS)
• DANC-239: Body Conditioning I (2 ECTS)
• DANC-242: Improvisation II (4 ECTS)
• DANC-249: Body Conditioning II (2 ECTS)
• DANC-271: Laban Movement Analysis (4 ECTS)
• DANC-311: Compositional Practices (4 ECTS)
• DANC-330: Partnering (4 ECTS)
• DANC-331: Choreography for Ballet (6 ECTS)
• DANC-339: Pointe Work I (2 ECTS)
• DANC-343: Improvisational Strategies (4 ECTS)
• DANC-349: Pointe Work II (2 ECTS)
• DANC-350: Dance Production (4 ECTS)
• DANC-360: Contemporary Repertory (4 ECTS)
• DANC-369: Contemporary Variations (4 ECTS)
• DANC-373: Choreography II (6 ECTS)
• DANC-380: Contact Improvisation (4 ECTS)
• DANC-381: Choreographing Identity Politics (6 ECTS)
• DANC-390: Guest Artist Workshop (4 ECTS)
• DANC-434: Site Specific Choreography (6 ECTS)
• DANC-443: Advanced Dance Composition (6 ECTS)
• DANC-453: Choreographic Analysis (6 ECTS)
• DANC-481: Ensemble I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-482: Ensemble II (4 ECTS)

Section: E Health and Body

• DANC-175: Dancers Body: Healthy Practices (6 ECTS)
• DANC-275: Experiental Anatomy and Kinesiology (6 ECTS)
• DANC-285: Body Re-Alignment and Injury Prevention (6 ECTS)
• DANC-375: Dance and Fitness (6 ECTS)
• DANC-475: Dance Performance Profile: Fitness, Nutrition, Strength (6 ECTS)

Section: F Dance Education

ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 24

• DANC-445: Approaches to Dance Pedagogy (6 ECTS)
• DANC-446: Teaching Methodologies in Dance (6 ECTS)
• DANC-455: Dance for the Special Child (6 ECTS)
• DANC-465: Practicum in Teaching I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-466: Practicum in Teaching II (4 ECTS)

Section: G World Dance Forms

ECTS: Min. 8 Max. 16

• DANC-139: Latin Dance I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-149: Latin Dance II (4 ECTS)
• DANC-159: Greek Dance I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-169: Greek Dance II (4 ECTS)
• DANC-261: Jazz Dance I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-262: Jazz Dance II (4 ECTS)
• DANC-263: Jazz Dance III (4 ECTS)
• DANC-340: International Dance Forms (4 ECTS)
• DANC-341: Hip Hop I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-351: Hip Hop II (4 ECTS)
• DANC-371: Indian Dance (4 ECTS)
• DANC-441: Urban Practices (4 ECTS)

Section: H Language Expression

ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 18 Notes: Placement in the English courses is done on the basis of a Placement Test or tests such as TOEFL or GCE.

• BADM-231: Business Communications (6 ECTS)
• BADM-332: Technical Writing and Research (6 ECTS)
• COMM-200: Business and Professional Communication (6 ECTS)
• ENGL-100: Basic Writing (6 ECTS)
• ENGL-101: English Composition (6 ECTS)

Section: I Foreign Language

ECTS: Min. 0 Max. 6

• FREN-101: French Language and Culture I (6 ECTS)
• GERM-101: German Language and Culture I (6 ECTS)
• GREK-101: Greek Language and Culture I (6 ECTS)
• ITAL-101: Italian Language and Culture I (6 ECTS)
• RUS-101: Russian Language and Culture I (6 ECTS)

Section: J Computer and Maths

ECTS: Min. 6 Max. 12

• COMP-150: Microcomputer Applications (6 ECTS)
• MATH-101: Discrete Mathematics (6 ECTS)
• MATH-105: Intermediate Algebra (6 ECTS)
• MATH-108: Finite Maths with Applied Calculus (6 ECTS)
• MATH-180: Algebra and Trigonometry (6 ECTS)
• MATH-190: Calculus I (8 ECTS)
• MATH-191: Calculus II (8 ECTS)
• MATH-221: Statistics I (6 ECTS)
• MULT-160: Introduction to Multimedia (6 ECTS)
• MULT-260: Multimedia Art and Aesthetics (6 ECTS)
• MUTX-140: Introduction to Music Technology (6 ECTS)

Section: K Humanities and Social Sciences

ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 24

• ANTH-105: Cultural Anthropology (6 ECTS)
• ART-110: Introduction to Visual Arts (6 ECTS)
• ART-111: Greek Art (6 ECTS)
• ART-281: History of Art (6 ECTS)
• DANC-229: Dance in Popular Culture (6 ECTS)
• DANC-338: Dance and the Visual Arts (6 ECTS)
• DANC-345: Dance in the Community (6 ECTS)
• DANC-439: Dance and Identity Politics (6 ECTS)
• DANC-449: Culture, Gender and Politics of the Body (6 ECTS)
• ECON-200: Fundamental Economics (6 ECTS)
• EUS-103: Modern European History and Politics (6 ECTS)
• EUS-105: Introduction to the European Union (6 ECTS)
• HIST-201: World History to 1500 (6 ECTS)
• IREL-101: Introduction to International Relations (6 ECTS)
• IREL-102: World History Since 1500 (6 ECTS)
• MUCT-107: Music Appreciation (6 ECTS)
• MUCT-245: World Music (6 ECTS)
• MUCT-249: History of Rock and Roll (6 ECTS)
• MUCT-302: Entrepreneurship for Performing Artists (6 ECTS)
• MUCT-371: Jazz History (6 ECTS)
• PHIL-101: Introduction to Philosophy (6 ECTS)
• PHIL-120: Ethics (6 ECTS)
• PSY-110: General Psychology I (6 ECTS)
• PSY-111: General Psychology II (6 ECTS)
• PSY-210: Social Psychology (6 ECTS)
• SOC-101: Principles of Sociology (6 ECTS)

Semester Breakdown

Semester 1

• ENGL-101: English Composition (6 ECTS)
• DANC-111: Contemporary Dance I: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-121: Contemporary Dance I: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-131: Ballet I (6 ECTS)
• DANC-141: Improvisation I (4 ECTS)
• DANC-175: Dancers Body: Healthy Practices (6 ECTS)

Semester 2

• COMP-150: Microcomputer Applications (6 ECTS)
• DANC-112: Contemporary Dance II: Technigue 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-122: Contemporary Dance II: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-132: Ballet II (6 ECTS)
• DANC-155: Musical Training for Dancers (6 ECTS)
• DANC-261: Jazz Dance I (4 ECTS)

Semester 3

• PSY-110: General Psychology I (6 ECTS)
• DANC-213: Contemporary Dance III: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-223: Contemporary Dance III: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-233: Ballet III (6 ECTS)
• DANC-251: Historical Perspectives in Dance I (6 ECTS)
• DANC-341: Hip Hop I (4 ECTS)

Semester 4

• COMM-200: Business and Professional Communication (6 ECTS)
• DANC-214: Contemporary Dance IV: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-224: Contemporary Dance IV: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-234: Ballet IV (6 ECTS)
• DANC-252: Historical Perspectives in Dance II (6 ECTS)
• DANC-311: Compositional Practices (4 ECTS)

Semester 5

• DANC-315: Contemporary Dance V: Technique 3 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-325: Contemporary Dance V: Technique 3 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-335: Ballet V (6 ECTS)
• DANC-251: Historical Perspectives in Dance I (6 ECTS)
• DANC-275: Experiental Anatomy and Kinesiology (6 ECTS)
• DANC-380: Contact Improvisation (4 ECTS)

Semester 6

• DANC-316: Contemporary Dance VI: Technique 4 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-326: Contemporary Dance VI: Technique 4 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-336: Ballet VI (6 ECTS)
• DANC-329: Dance and Culture (6 ECTS)
• DANC-345: Dance in the Community (6 ECTS)
• DANC-481: Ensemble I (4 ECTS)

Semester 7

• DANC-417: Advanced Contemporary Dance I: Technique1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-427: Advanced Contemporary Dance II: Technique 1 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-369: Contemporary Variations (4 ECTS)
• DANC-445: Approaches to Dance Pedagogy (6 ECTS)
• DANC-480: Dance Methodologies (6 ECTS)
• DANC-449: Culture, Gender and Politics of the Body (6 ECTS)

Semester 8

• DANC-418: Advanced Contemporary Dance I: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-428: Advanced Contemporary Dance II: Technique 2 (4 ECTS)
• DANC-443: Advanced Dance Composition (6 ECTS)
• DANC-446: Teaching Methodologies in Dance (6 ECTS)
• DANC-482: Ensemble II (4 ECTS)
• DANC-493: Final Project (6 ECTS)

Faculty

• Ms Christina Patsalidou
• Dr Dara Milovanovic

Adjunct Faculty

• Mr Panayiotis Tofi
• Ms Maria Kamberi
• Ms Lia Haraki
• Dr Zoe Georgallis
• Dr Pascal Caron
• Ms Julia Brendle