Undergraduate
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Dance
We prepare you for the demands and challenges of a professional career in dance. We work with highly motivated, disciplined and creative people who are interested in shaping the future of dance.
Study Dance at VCA
Our program emphasises artistry, performance, choreographic practice and research. We foster creativity and innovation along with critical analysis of dance practice.
As an undergraduate you will be trained in an intensive, collaborative, studio-based learning environment in key areas of classical and contemporary dance, choreography and performance. At graduate level you will specialise in choreography or in dance research with a practical focus.
Specialist lecturers, guest lecturers, visiting choreographers and associations with a range of professional dance companies keep students in contact with the wider dance and performing arts sector.
Dance courses
Physicality, movement, embodiment, presence – call it what you will – are such critical parts of any performance based practice. What you are physically involved in, how and why you are invested in it, where, when and how it is shared with others are vital components of constructing the vehicle for expressing your ideas.
Helen HerbertsonSenior Lecturer in Dance
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Upcoming events
Dance On 2019
Tuesday 18 Jun 2019 - Thursday 20 Jun 2019
An evening of contemporary dance featuring two new works by leading professional choreographers, Alice Holland and Brianna Kell, and two new works by emerging VCA student choreographers, Hayley Roe and Alexandra Dobson.
Presented by Dance and Production students.
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My Future in Fine Arts
Wednesday 26 Jun 2019 at 6:00pm
Interested in applying for the Bachelor of Fine Arts? At our My Future in Fine Arts course information evening, you will meet VCA academics and current students from all areas of specialisation, and learn about how our intensive studio-based training provides the breathing space and support to devel...