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Postgraduate Diploma Community Dance
The Postgraduate Diploma Community Dance (PDCD) is a vocational programme, validated by City University London, for people who want to work as professional dance artists in community contexts. As a student on this Programme you will train as a dance artist - working on your technical dance skills and artistic development - alongside developing knowledge and skills for teaching dance in a variety of settings and with different kinds of people.
Your development as a practitioner is supported by context-specific study that explores the core principles of community dance, how it happens, and its impact on individuals and communities. You will learn about the practicalities of planning and delivering projects in community settings, and the networks and agencies that support community dance provision. Your study will be further contextualised by access to practising artists and their work, facilitating your understanding of how the profession operates and the demands of professional practice in this field.
Full time: 10 months
Part time: 20 months
Validated by City University London
Follow the link to download programme specifications for 2010/11
Entry to this programme is by application form and – by invite - practical audition (technical and creative work) and interview. You will normally have professional experience, preferably in dance, teaching or community/social work, and/or have successfully completed three or four years as an undergraduate at a university in an appropriate and related subject, or an overseas award of equivalent standard, e.g. Bachelor Degree (USA - GPA 3.00 or above), licence or Diploma. You must show aptitude for dance study at interview and audition. English language competency requirements also apply.
UK audition dates for this programme have yet to be finalised, but will take place in late Spring/early Summer 2011.
Please contact us for overseas audition dates.
Successful students gain credits according to the components studied and assessed. Each component will be assessed separately, some by coursework assessment, others by written or practical assignments.
This Programme leads to the award of: Postgraduate Diploma Community Dance
This award requires you to pass 4 modules: Dance Practice
Teaching and Leading Dance
Community Dance in Context
Elective Study
The Postgraduate Diploma award is decided on the overall total of the three core modules, weighted as follows:
• Dance Practice 30%
• Teaching and Leading Dance 35%
• Community Dance in Context 35%
On successful completion of the Core Modules and the Elective Module for the Postgraduate Diploma, you would be eligible to apply to take modules from the Masters programme portfolio in the subsequent academic year, in order to achieve the Masters in Creative Practice (Community Dance). The required modules for upgrade to the Masters level qualification are:
• M502: Research Methods
• M505: Project
Follow the link to download the programme fees
The Programme consists of three Core Modules, plus an Elective Study Module, totalling 150 credits.
• Dance Practice (core; 50 credits): Contemporary Dance Technique; Choreography; Choreological Practice; Devising and Performance.
• Teaching and Leading Dance (core; 45 credits): The Dancing Body; Safe Dance Practice; Dance Teaching - Principles and Practice; Leading Dance in Community Settings.
• Community Dance in Context (core; 45 credits): Perspectives on Community Dance; Community Dance in Practice; Work Based Learning.
• Elective Study (10 credits) offers a range of separate Elective Components from which you can select from which you can select an area, or two, of supporting dance study that will extend your practice or knowledge base.
Follow the link to download the application form
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