Dance Artist
4 year training as a dance artist
Are you a passionate dancer and do you dream about a profession in the dance world? Danshuis Haarlem offers an internal private training as a Dance Artist according to the master-apprentice principle.
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THREE BASIC DIRECTIONS
A dance artist masters the three basic directions for a professional dance practitioner, namely: dance teacher, performing dancer and dance maker.These 3 specializations are inextricably linked; they form a whole. Artistic director of the course, Haya Maëla, therefore chooses to offer these 3 forms equally, so that the student can experience how they reinforce and complement each other.
- The student will immediately teach within the Danshuis and will be intensively supervised by Haya Maëla. Over the years, the student learns to teach all age groups, beginners to advanced. In addition to these practical hours, lessons are given in Didactics and Methodology.
- A large part of the training is filled with technique lessons, with an emphasis on classical ballet, modern/contemporary dance, modern jazz, improvisation/composition and choreography. The student will also follow intensive training in a specific, self-chosen style, with an external dance institution or dance teacher/maker. The student dances in Dansgroep Haarlem and gains experience in being a performing dancer in that group, both during the creation process and during the performances. As a final project, the student will dance a solo created by a professional choreographer.
- The student accompanies Maëla or another senior teacher at an early stage of the training, with the aim of creating dance for various groups within the Dance House, all age groups and levels. As a final project, the student will create a solo for someone else. The student can also be asked to devise and develop a concept for a student performance of the Danshuis.
- In addition to the above components, the student learns to organize and produce projects, design and execute simple costumes and sets and many other things that are important for a profession in the Dance profession. In the final year, the student will conduct research into a facet of the dance profession and will give a presentation about it.
- Dancers who want to start the master-apprentice training must take the following into account:
- → The training focuses on the styles of Classical Ballet, Modern Dance and Children's Dance
- → You can start from the age of 18. There is no maximum age. Are you over 30? Let's explore your wishes and possibilities!
- → You have completed relevant prior training. Your own basic technique and artistic skills are well developed.
- → You have completed at least HAVO or MBO-3
- For admission, you do an audition. Depending on your age and experience, we will invite you to take a number of technology lessons, you will be given a creative assignment and we will examine your social skills.
- The audition costs €50.00
MASTER-APPRENTICE
...a wonderful way of providing and receiving education!
Maëla consciously chooses to offer the training in the form of the master-apprentice principle. This form of training has been around for centuries and has more than proven its value. As a student, you will learn individually from one or more professional(s), who will take you through all facets of being an artist. Learning by doing. The professionals at the Danshuis believe in this.
- During the training, a student (Apprentice) is linked to one or more subject teachers (Master) and follows an individual program to master the profession of dance artist. The lesson plan is drawn up in close consultation with the student, where his specific qualities and talents are also decisive.
At the same time, the student is given the opportunity to thoroughly learn the basic skills of the various disciplines and immediately put them into practice. Because Danshuis Haarlem is, in addition to a training institute, also a normal dance school where enthusiasts from 3 to 83 years old come to dance every week and where many performances are produced, the student can immediately put what he has learned into practice.
Imitate, do together, do yourself. A personal way of learning!
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