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The art of dance opens up new, unique perspectives on humanity and its reality. In a cultural context contemporary dance takes the form of works and events that are experiential, aesthetic, intellectual and in many ways interactive. Contemporary dance focuses not only on identifying and developing dance movement and creating a choreography with these findings, but it also studies our bodily existence and movement from many different social and cultural perspectives and uses this knowledge to create a work of art. Dance works can thus contribute to the discourse on subjects such as gender, multiculturalism or the ecological worldview, or it can focus on bodily articulation through dance itself and be part of the compositional heritage of choreography. 

In the curriculum of the Department of Dance at the Theatre Academy Helsinki, contemporary dance expresses itself as a lived, experienced bodily relationship with the world, which is articulated through a conscious relationship with the environment. The education`s aim is to create an atmosphere of openness, curiosity and dialogue, and to encourage students to respond to the challenges posed by contemporary dance, art and society. 		 Founded in 1979, Theatre Academy Helsinki provides the highest education in theatre and dance in Finland, training actors (in Finnish and Swedish), directors, dramaturges, lighting and sound designers, professionals in dance (choreographers and dancers), performance artists, dance and theatre pedagogues.

The results of the studies are performed on the stages of the Academy`s training theatre. The Academy also works within research and development in the fields of theatre, dance and performance. 

Dance Department at the Theatre Academy Helsinki is founded 1983 to give the highest education in dance in Finland. The department has three study programmes, one leading to BA Bachelor degree (the BA Degree programme in dance, 180 credits) and two MA Master`s degrees (MA Degree programme in Dance, 120 credits and MA degree programme in Choreography, 120 credits).
 

Theatre Academy Helsinki

Visiting address: Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki
Postal address: PL 163, 00531 Helsinki
Phone + 358 9 431 361, + 358 400 792 000
Fax + 358 9 4313 6200.


Updated: 17.02.2011 Malcolm Manning