Dance

Dance (from Old French dance, further history unknown) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.

Dance studies

In the early 1920s dance studies (dance practice, critical theory, analysis and history) began to be considered a serious academic discipline. Today these studies are an integral part of many universities' arts and humanities programs. By the late 20th century the recognition of practical knowledge as equal to academic knowledge lead to the emergence of practice-based research and practice as research. A large range of dance courses are available including:

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1920s - Practice - Critical theory - Analysis - History - Academic discipline - Universities - Arts - Humanities - 20th century - Knowledge

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• Professional practice: performance and technical skills
• Practice-based research: choreography and performance
• Ethnochoreology, encompassing the dance-related aspects of Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Area studies, Postcolonial theory, Ethnography, etc.
• Dance and technology: new media and performance technologies.
• Laban Movement Analysis and Somatic studies
• Community Dance.
• Dance-Movement Therapy.

A full range of Academic degrees are available from BA (Hons) to PhD and other postdoctoral fellowships, with many dance scholars taking up their studies as mature students after a professional dance career.

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Academic degree - BA (Hons) - PhD - Postdoctoral - Scholar - Professional

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