PERFORMING ARTS ZuKT – DEPARTMENT FOR CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSICAL DANCE BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN DANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HESSIAN THEATER ACADEMY

COURSE GUIDANCE(in the registrar’s office)

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 am–12 pm

Tuesday and Thursday 1–3.30 pm

and by appointment

FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

ZuKT – Department for Contemporary

and Classical Dance

Eschersheimer Landstr. 29–39

60322 Frankfurt am Main

Telefon +4969 154007302

Telefax +4969 154007125

tanz@hfmdk-frankfurt.info

www.tanz.hfmdk-frankfurt.info

www.hessische-theaterakademie.de

Photo: Valentin Fanel

Version: June 2016

DATES■ Start of studies: only in winter semester

■ duration of studies: normally 8 semesters

For more detailed information and current dates as well

as the application deadlines for aptitude tests, go to:

www.hfmdk-frankfurt.info/studium-und-lehre/

studienorganisation/termine/

APPLICATIONADMISSION REQUIREMENTS■ a higher education entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangs-

berechtigung): Candidates who do not hold an entrance

qualification must demonstrate they have knowledge and skills

corresponding to a degree appropriate for the chosen study

program during the audition.

■ Physical ability of the body for the career as a professional dancer

as well as musicality and artistic expression are required.

■ Oral and written proficiency in German or English

(language certificates)

APTITUDE TEST The practical examination comprises four components:

■ Classical training in a group

■ Simple step combinations and rhythmic movement combinations

■ Improvisation tasks

■ One-to-one interview

■ Attention is given to the physical and overall artistic

development, movement processing, flexibility and movement

qualities, musical and rhythmic talent, creativity and expression

In cases of doubt, a doctor’s certificate may be requested in

order to prove an applicant’s physical aptitude for the demands of

the professional dance world.

A fee of 50 Euros is required, when applying for the audition.

In the case of acceptance this fee will be allocated to the semester

tuition. Studies can be subsidized by the Ausbildungsförderungs-

gesetz (Bafög).

ZuKT■ movement research, exploration

and reflection

■ not bound to a specific style

■ represents a broad understanding of

dance, a spectrum between tradition

and innovation

body awareness, technique,

creativity

GUEST TEACHERS & CHOREOGRAPHERS

Germaine Acogny, Tchekpo Dan Agbetou, Steffi Arndt, Takao Baba,

Alan Barnes, Gitta Barthel, Dieter Baumann, Regina Baumgart,

Nica Berndt-Caccivio, Douglas Becker, José Biondi, Jonathan Borrows,

Rose Breuss, Hannah Shakti Bühler, Christine Bürkle, Francesca Caroti,

Dana Caspersen, Roberto Castello, Bruno Caverna, Daniel Chait, Nick

Champion, Kristina Chan, Nigel Charnock, Katja Cheraneva, Olga Cobos,

Jenny Coogan, Flora Cushman, David Dawson, Scott deLahunta,

Marguerite Donlon, Luc Dunberry, Paul Estabrook, Matteo Fargion,

Sophie Faudot-Abel, Frey Faust, Claudia Feest-Lieberknecht,

Stéphane Flechet, Erik Franklin, Jeff Friedman, Roberto Galvan, Jule

Gartzke, Cesc Gelabert, Noah Gelber, Jacopo Godani, Zvi Gotheiner,

Wanda Golonka, Lutz Gregor, Lance Gries, Sagi Gross, Johannes

Grube, Raymonda Gudaviciute, Kristin Guttenberg, Nik Haffner,

Jennifer Hanna, Victoria Hauke, Ayman Harper, Demond Hart, Rob

Hayden, Jutta Hell, Laura Hicks, Reinhild Hoffmann, Jason A. Jacobs,

Dietmar Janeck, Youn-Hui Jeon, Claudia Jeschke, Jens Johansen,

Antja Kennedy, Nadia Kevan, Kasia Kizior, Irene Klein, Michael Klien,

Jan Kodet, Kurt Koegel, Kaya Kolodziejczyk, Makiko Kurata, Friederike

Lampert, Helge Letonja, Angela Linssen, Abou Lagraa, Sabine

Lemke, Toula Limnaios, Nanine Linning, Annette Lopez-Leal, Ulla

Mäkinen, Luis Malvacias, Ioannis Mandafounis, Thomas McManus,

Cameron McMillan, Cruz Isael Mata, Peter Mika, Charles Mudry, Isabel

Mundry, Ron Murdock, Katja Mustonen, Michael O’Connor, Keiko

Okawa, Sita Ostheimer, Mary Overlie, Janet Panetta, Norbert Pape,

Nicole Peisl, Iván Pérez, Yuval Pick, Stephen Purcell, Georg Reischl,

Judith Reyn, Antony Rizzi, Ana Catalina Roman, Paula Rosolen, Vania

Rovisco, Marek Rozycki, Sten Rudstrom, Patrick Rump, Ka Rustler,

Kathy Rylands, Marco Santi, Britta Schönbrunn, Michael Schumacher,

Takayuki Shiraishi, Richard Siegal, Dimitri Simkin, Liane Simmel, Jo

Siska, Gabrielle Staiger, Wolfgang Steinmüller, Ted Stoffer, Kristopher

Storey-Weinstein, Yoko Tani, Imre Thorman, Javier Torres, Pascal

Touzeau, Nina Vallon, Steve Valk, Regina van Berkel, Kristel van Issum,

Carla Vannucchi, Kristina Veit, Sjörd Vreugdenhil, Liz Waterhouse,

Jörg Weinoehl, Jean-Guillaume Weis, Paul White, Sara Wiktorowicz,

Claas Willecke, Samuel Würsten, May Zarhy, Lucyna Zwolinska

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSEThe Bachelor’s degree in Dance leads to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

academic degree, which is taught in German and English.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE

The aim is to train and promote creative, expressive dancers who

have mastered a wide range of classical and contemporary dance

techniques and can use their skills with confidence. Students learn

how to make a creative contribution to the design of artistic work

processes and are able to reflect on themselves and dance in

interdisciplinary, historical and social contexts. Students are encouraged

to develop a sense of social and political commitment, to participate

in groups in a self-confident and responsible manner, and to take

an active role in helping shape group processes.

Students from various countries and continents coming from

different backgrounds will be guided individually during the study and

encouraged in their artistic development.

Graduates of the Bachelor’s degree in Dance are qualified to work as

professional dancers. They have also laid solid foundations for further

training as dance teachers, choreographers, training directors and

body and movement therapists, as well as for using their knowledge

in other occupational areas.

A seven-column education model has been developed in order

to achieve the above mentioned objectives. The columns interrelate

producing an ultimately integrative education.

■ TECHNIQUE

■ CREATIVITY

■ AWARENESS OF THE BODY

■ THEORY

■ PROJECT WORK

■ INTERDISCIPLINARITY

■ PERFORMANCES

REASONS TO STUDY IN FRANKFURT

■ A wide range of choreographic projects lead by

international guests and choreographers

■ Interdisciplinary project work together with other art forms

in conjunction with the Hessian Theater Academy, Festival Junger

Talente or support of the interdisciplinary project fund of

HfMDK -Tanz der Künste

■ Cooperations with numerous theaters and companies

■ Students gather stage experience from the very first

semester. This is through three different series of performances

each year of study, at different theatres in Frankfurt and

guest performances

■ active participation in partnership and networks: regional,

national and international

ZuKT www.zukt.hfmdk-frankfurt.info

The Department for Contemporary and Classical Dance offers

the following degree courses:

BAdance

www.tanz.hfmdk-frankfurt.info

MA CoDE Contemporary Dance Education

www.macode.hfmdk-frankfurt.info

MA CuP Choreography and Performance

in co-operation with the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies at

Justus Liebig University Gießen

www.inst.uni-giessen.de/theater/de/studium/cup

FACULTY TEAMProf. Dieter Heitkamp, Prof. Susanne Noodt,

Prof. Marc Spradling, Prof. Andrea Tallis, James Schar,

Tatjana Varvitsiotis, Susanne Triebel

Hon. Prof. William Forsythe

TEACHERSJean-Hugues Assohoto, Sven Besch, Allison Brown,

Valentin Fanel, Jennifer Grissette-Lämmerhirt, Henrik Goehle,

Mia Johansson, Nora Kimball-Mentzos, Amy Leverenz,

Gabriele Wittmann