In 2010 the Cooperative Dance Education Centre (HZT) at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and the School of Dramatic Arts “Ernst Busch“ (HfS) in cooperation with the TanzRaumBerlin Network will be accepting new students.
In 2006 the Cooperative Dance Education Centre was founded as a pilot project of the Tanzplan Berlin to create new qualified university degree programs in the field of contemporary dance.
During the four-year pilot phase, groups of students developed and tested three new degree programs: „Contemporary Dance, Context, Choreography“ (Bachelor of Arts), „Solo/ Dance/ Authorship“ (Master of Arts) and „Choreography“ (Master of Arts).
A close connection between education and professional practice characterizes the programs of study. They have an experimental approach between teaching art, communicating the academic basics and mentoring an introduction to career practice. The focus is placed on creatively and critically addressing what dance, performance and choreography are – and can be – as art forms in today’s society.
At the end of the four-year pilot phase in March 2010, in which elaborate cooperations with national and international partners were forged and various event formats were established, the HZT will be continued under the auspices of the UdK Berlin and the HfS in cooperation with the TanzRaumBerlin Network. Thus experience and knowledge from the pilot phase can be refined and the promising work continued.
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