Program Target

　　This course gives students the opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills and training needed to meet the requirements of a career related to dance. To become a successful dancer and performer, or even a manager of an entertainment group, the students will be equipped with learning in areas such as dance choreography, stage performance, and dance teaching method. Each year of the degree builds in students’ learning experience, giving them the tools needed to become a competent dance performer or teacher.

Faculty Resource

　　There are 53 teachers who graduated from Beijing Dance Academy, or professional institutes in dance major. Among them, some award the top prize in China’s main dance competitions, other regularly invited by China’s large media and institutions to give performance or to be the choreographers, such as CCTV, Beijing TV, National Culture Ministry and Beijing Municipal Government.

Course Content

Year 1

　　Compulsory: Classical Basic Training︱Modern Dance︱Chinese Folk Dance︱Repertoire︱Performance︱Chinese Dance History︱Music Theory︱Arts Appreciation︱Politics︱English︱Computer Skills︱College Chinese︱Dance and Body Science

　　Selective: Modern Dance

Year 2

　　Compulsory: Classical Basic Training︱Body Rhyme︱Modern Dance︱Chinese Folk Dance︱Repertoire︱Action Analysis︱English︱Western Dance History ︱Dance Anatomy︱Master Class

　　Selective: Laban Notation

Year 3

　　Compulsory: Education Psychology︱Repertoire︱Chinese Folk Dance︱Modern Dance︱Folk Dance Pedagogic︱Foreign Folk Dance︱Choreography Techniques︱Dance Education︱International Dance History︱Social Practice︱Master Class︱Stage Lighting Design ︱Dance Aesthetics︱Master Class

　　Selective: Hip-hop Dance︱Jazz Dance

Year 4

　　Compulsory: Modern Dance︱Repertoire︱Social Practice︱Graduate Performance

　　Selective: Dance Commentary︱Peking Opera Costume & Property︱Stage Make-up

Duration

　　Four-year full time

Entry requirement

　　Reach 300 points in Chinese College Entrance Examination and pass the specialty Examinations required by BJCMA.

Where to Next?

　　Graduates could enter the career in dancer, performing artist, Choreographer, dance educator, arts business manager, musical performer, elementary school dance teacher, private instructor, and employee in arts companies.