Dance AcademyA different place for special people

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FONTYS DANCe ACADeMY

Dance Academy offers a four-year training

of a challenging and contemporary nature.

You are trained to become a Bachelor of Dance.

The main programmes are Theatre Dance

Performance and Choreography. The first one has

two branches of training: Dance Theatre / Modern

and Contemporary Urban.

Dance Academy has a unique structure. We painstakingly observe the

developments in dance, and incorporate these in our programme. For

that reason, this programme is innovative and up-to-date, without

neglecting the dance tradition. We connect the programme with the

local, national and international field of work. A field of work that is

rapidly evolving, as is the world as such.

Dance Academy provides you with a daily intensive physical dance

training, taught at a top-class level, with additional attention to the

growth of a strong creative performer.

During auditions we observe the candidate’s own individual potential

to develop into a strong, innovative performer or choreographer. We

are always on the outlook for candidates with a powerful presence

and character, who are open-minded, and who take an interest in

research. A solid base in technical training is mandatory.

Dance Academy offers the opportunity to connect dance with other

disciplines. Disciplines such as circus, theatre, music, architecture and

visual arts. These can all be found within Fontys School of Fine and

Performing Arts.

MISSION

Our mission is to prepare students for a professional and inter-

national career as a theatre dance performer or choreographer.

These careers can extend to many fields of activity.

Dance Academy is a laboratory of the future. We take part in the

growth and enrichment of the contemporary dance. This concerns

the dance as an autonomous form of art, and dance as a physical

expression vis-à-vis the environment.

Dance Academy graduates are intelligent and contemplative

performers who are well-aware of the fact that they work for and

with an audience. It is our mission to educate the craftsmanship of

dance, and to endow a broad, cultural and philosophical knowledge.

The graduates are independent entrepreneurs in the artistic and

economic sense of the word. They have the ability to research with

(self-) reflection, and they are internationally oriented. The students

are trained as creative partners, they are capable of delivering a

complete creative contribution to the choreographic process. They

have a powerful presence, a strong physical self-awareness and

knowledge, and control of the professional practice.

Dance Academy supports the motto of Fontys School of Fine and

Performing Arts. Art, imagination and creativity are important

tools to research all what ‘is’ and what ‘is not’. All what ‘is’ can be

different and all what ‘is not’ can become feasible.

IMPLeMeNTATION

Dance Academy offers an ideal atmosphere of training with modern, well-equipped dance studios.

Dance Academy has a professional and international team of teachers and guest teachers, the majority of whom takes an active part in the professional field of work.

Every year, our students are working towards performances with guest choreographers from the international field of work.

Dance Academy offers an excellent programme which covers all objectives mentioned.

Dance Academy has a substantial international network. We use this to increase knowledge, practical experience and connections.

Throughout their careers, Dance Academy keeps track of its graduates through an alumni association. Successful performers and choreographers from Dance Academy are asked to contribute to the training programme.

INTeRNATIONAL

Dance is an international language that does not stop at borders.

Dance Academy invites students from abroad to train here. We

organize auditions in several countries. We also stimulate our

students to participate in modules in foreign countries. Dance

Academy provides English speaking education.

Dance Academy has a wide international network of

dance schools, theatres, festivals, dance companies and

choreo-graphers. Among them are iconic names, the

likes of Les Ballets C. de la B., Eastman/Sidi Larbi

Cherkaoui, Akram Kahn, T.R.A.S.H., United C,

Kissmoves, Ish, just to name a few.

And festivals such as Summer Dance

Forever and House Dance Forever

in Amsterdam, and Deltebre

Dansa in Spain.

BACHeLOR THeATRe DANCe PeRFORMANCe

Dance Theatre / Modern and Contemporary Urban are two branches of training that share the same basic dance techniques, although they differ in elaboration and specialisation. We connect Contemporary Urban with contemporary dance to kindle the development of a new dance vocabulary. The professional practice of both resemble each other substantially, although Contemporary Urban graduates are also employed in more commercial fields of work.

Common fields of training for both program-mes are Floor Work and Release, Somatic Awareness (Yoga, e.g. Feldenkrais), Ballet, Graham, performance skills and critical (self)reflection. We focus on both practical orien-tations, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and network com-petences.

Dance Theatre / Modern

The central dance techniques are contemporary Cunningham and Limon. Equally

important are the techniques of the contemporary European dance theatre.

Contemporary Urban

The central dance technique is urban dance as created in the nineteen eighties

in the American urban subculture. This includes Hiphop (popping, locking,

B-boying and house) and Authentic Jazz. We complete these techniques with

non-European urban styles such as contemporary African and Indian dance.

Choreography

After the second year, students can apply for the Choreography training programme.

The emphasis lies on the development of creativity, choreographic skills, research

and the creating process in the art of dance. The programme aims at students with

an individual and artistic vision, and with an intrinsic urge to make their ‘own’ and

‘innovative’ work. The personal affinity with the art of dance is strong.

The training rests on four pillars: choreographic research, translation, structuring

and communication. Practical workshops are given in theatre lighting, scenography,

dance and camera, theatre, concept development, essay writing, entrepreneurship,

and orientation in the field of work. The students are also trained in their personal

performing capacities.

During their third year, the students create five choreographies as a preparation

for the professional practice, as well as a final choreography during their fourth

year. On these occasions, the students work with professional dancers and in a

professional setting. In this last year they also produce a longer practical research

with a choreographer / dance company of their own choice.

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Fontys Dance Academy

Zwijsenplein 1 5038 TZ Tilburg

PO box 90907 5000 GJ Tilburg

Phone +31(0)8850 78888

e-mail FHKdanceacademy@fontys.nl

website www.fontys.nl/danceacademy

SCHOLARSHIPS

According to us, a strong connection with the professional

fields of work inspires students and broadens their views.

Every year, students can apply for three of the most prestigious

festivals in the world. We cooperate with:

Summer Dance Forever, Amsterdam;

House Dance Forever, Amsterdam;

Deltebre Dansa, Spain.

AUDITIONS

Dance Academy is always on the lookout for strong personalities.

We select the most talented and passionate candidates who

fit in with the goals and requirements of the training and the

field of work. The auditions take place in Tilburg, Dublin, Berlin

and Hamburg.

FURTHeR INFORMATION

For further information regarding the training programme,

registration procedures, auditions and costs, please check our

website.