Bachelor of Dance Studies (BDanceSt)

Overview

The Bachelor of Dance Studies (BDanceSt) offers you the opportunity to fully develop your full creative and professional potential. You will gain skills, networks and attitudes that will transform your view of dance and enable you to build a sustainable career.

You will integrate mind, body and spirit by learning in, through and about dance:

• Learning in dance – use dance itself as the medium for exploring and thinking, creating, communicating and interpreting ideas, designs and research questions.
• Learning through dance – develop lifelong skills such as problem-solving, communication, presentation, self-confidence, teamwork, leadership and research.
• Learning about dance – explore different dance forms and functions past and present, in New Zealand and internationally.

Highlights

• Study with internationally renowned teachers and professional dance artists.
• Take a holistic approach, balancing practice and theory.
• Enjoy opportunities to perform in New Zealand and overseas.
• Immerse yourself in a vibrant multicultural and creative environment.
• Apply knowledge and practice in real community contexts.
• Be a part of New Zealand's leading dance research community.
• Use specialist resources including audio-visual and dance databases and technologically advanced dance studios.

 What you'll be studying

This is an example of first-year courses that were offered in 2012:

Over the next two years you will advance your dance techniques and skills, develop your knowledge of dance in different cultural contexts and take additional courses from Music, Arts or other subject areas to suit your interests.

You can dowload a degree planner below, which outlines course content and programme structure in more detail. You can also find course prescriptions in the University Calendar, held in the University Library; or you can purchase one from the University Bookshop or view online.
BDanceSt Degree Planner 2012 (127KB PDF)
University Calendar
General Education

Further study
Bachelor of Dance Studies (Honours) (BDanceSt(Hons))
Postgraduate Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts (PGDipCPA) – Dance Studies
Master of Creative and Performing Arts (MCPA) – Dance Studies
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Specialist facilities and resources

You will have access to the purpose-built dance studios at 26 Symonds Street, as well as the studios and practice spaces at the Kenneth Myers Centre (KMC) on Shortland Street. KMC is also home to the Jazz, Popular Music and Sound programmes and the Gus Fisher Gallery, creating exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Career opportunities

Dance careers go beyond performing on stage. This dance degree will help you to create your own pathway into specialised work, including choreography, community dance, dance education, dance journalism, dance administration and academic research.

Applying for admission

How to apply
Scholarship opportunities
Important dates

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