Contemporary Dance
ARUCAD Contemporary Dance Department is designed to train qualified artists who can contribute effectively to contemporary dance and accelerate the spread of the art of dance through their efforts, knowledge and experience.
About
In line with this programme, our students take many joint courses with the Department of Sound Arts and Design, produce projects together, and work with students from different artistic fields in elective courses in other faculties. At the end of each term, they take part in events where they can bring their creative works to the audience.
To complete their academic education, our students experience learning while teaching, taking responsibility in public classes and workshops in order to develop mutually with the social environment and local culture they live in.
“As choreographers and dancers, graduates can join private and public dance and theatre ensembles or establish independent dance ensembles. They can work in primary, secondary and pre-school education institutions, in touristic structures with entertainment and staging units, in TV channels, in the promotion and marketing sector. They may also work as dancers and choreographers for theatrical productions and musicals, and for certain sports, such as rhythmic gymnastics and figure skating.”
Programme Type
Bachelor Degree
Duration
4 Years
Head of Department
Asst. Prof. Dr. Handan Ergiydiren
- info@arucad.edu.tr
- +90 (392) 650 65 55
- ARUCAD Main Campus
Academic Staff
Asst. Prof. Dr. Handan Ergiydiren
Head of Department
Prof. Dr. Ana Sanchez
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tamara McCarty
Sen. Ins. Yıldız Güventürk
| FIRST SEMESTER | SECOND SEMESTER | ||||||||||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | ||
| CDNC | 101 | Basics of Ballet | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | CDNC | 102 | Ballet for Contemporary Dancers (prereq. CNDC 101) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 103 | Movement | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | CDNC | 104 | Dance Practices | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 105 | Modern Dance Techniques –Limon –Horton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | CDNC | 106 | Modern Dance Techniques-Graham & Cunningham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 101 | Improvisation: Movement, Drama and Sound | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | FMPA | 102 | Self-Discover: Movement, Drama and Sound | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| FMPA | 103 | History of Music | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | FMPA | 104 | History of Performing Arts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| FMPA | 105 | Culture of Thinking | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | FMPA | 106 | Thinking Practices | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| SOFL | 101 | Academic English I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | SOFL | 102 | Academic English II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 30 | TOTAL | 2 21 21 | 30 | ||||||||||
| THIRD SEMESTER | FOURTH SEMESTER | ||||||||||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | ||
| CNDC | 201 | Ballet- Contemporary Combinations | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | CNDC | 202 | Ballet – Contemporary Variations | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 203 | Movement-Release Technique | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | CNDC | 204 | Movement – Release and Flow (prereq. CNDC 203) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 205 | Exploring Masters of Choreography | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | CNDC | 206 | Applied Choreography | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| FMPA | 201 | Interpreting Texts- Literature | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | FMPA | 202 | Interpreting Text- Music | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| AITT/HIST | 201 | Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | AITT/HIST | 202 | Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| TUDI/TURK | 201 | Turkish Language I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | TUDI/TURK | 202 | Turkish Language II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Departmental Elective I | 3 | 5 | Departmental Elective II | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL | 20 | 30 | TOTAL | 20 | 30 | ||||||||||
| FIFTH SEMESTER | SIXTH SEMESTER | ||||||||||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | ||
| CNDC | 301 | Contemporary Dance Mix Techniques | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | CNDC | 302 | Contemporary Dance- Flying Low | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| CNDC | 303 | Basics of Contact Improvisation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | CNDC | 304 | Contact Improvisation & Passing Through (prereq. CNDC 303) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| CNDC | 305 | Creating Dance Pieces | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | CNDC | 306 | Practicing Choreography | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 307 | Exchanged Experiences- Dance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | CNDC | 308 | Exchanged Experiences- Choreography | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| FMPA | 301 | Interpreting Texts- Film & Drama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | FMPA | 302 | Interpreting Texts-Dance &Performance Art | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Departmental Elective III | 3 | 5 | Departmental Elective IV | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Faculty Elective I | 3 | 5 | Faculty Elective II | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL | 21 | 30 | TOTAL | 21 | 30 | ||||||||||
| SEVENTH SEMESTER | EIGHTH SEMESTER | ||||||||||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | Course Code | Course Name | T | P | L | C | E | ||
| CNDC | 401 | Collaborative Project | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | CNDC | 402 | Graduation Project and Portfolio | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| CNDC | 403 | Exchanged Experiences- Physical Theatre & Performance Art | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | CNDC | 404 | Exchanged Experiences- Dance Industry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| CNDC | 405 | Ensemble Stage Production-Dance I | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | CNDC | 406 | Ensemble Stage Production-Dance II (prereq. CNDC 405) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Departmental Elective V | 3 | 5 | Departmental Elective VI | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Faculty Elective III | 3 | 5 | Faculty Elective IV | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| University Elective I | 3 | 5 | University Elective II | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL | 19 | 30 | TOTAL | 19 | 30 | ||||||||||
Departmental Elective Courses List
| Departmental Elective Courses | T | P | L | C | E | ||
| CNDC | 220 | Body Conditioning I (University elective) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 221 | Laban Movement Analysis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 222 | Contemporary Dance Repertory | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 320 | Development of Physical Theatre (Tanz Theater) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 321 | Practicing Physical Theatre (Tanz Theater) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 322 | Dance Dramaturgy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 323 | Societal Sharing I | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 420 | Body Conditioning II (University elective) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 421 | Thinking on Dance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CNDC | 422 | Societal Sharing II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Faculty Elective Courses List
| Departmental Elective Courses | T | P | L | C | E | ||
| FMPA | 220 | Design for Performing Arts (University Elective) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 221 | Icons and Styles of 20th Century Decades (University Elective) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 222 | Culture of Performance Art (University Elective) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 223 | Poem (University Elective) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 320 | Promoting a Performance (University Elective) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 321 | Popular Culture (University Elective) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 322 | Performance Art Practices (University Elective) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 323 | Traditional Short/Street Events I | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 420 | Site Specific Art (Body, Space and Movement) (University Elective) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 421 | Creating Video Performance/Art (University Elective) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FMPA | 422 | Traditional Short/Street Events II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
FIRST YEAR/FIRST SEMESTER
CNDC 101 Basics of Ballet (2-2) 3
As one of the classical techniques of dance, ballet is very important tool of training dancer’s body and understanding the fundamentals of dancing. In this course students learn basics of ballet as movement method and examine the skeletal alignment and body coordination as well as developing muscle strength. They investigate the anatomy of dancing body and also geometrical correspondence of personal space (kinesphere).
CNDC 103 Movement (2-2) 3
This course is designed to convey fundamentals of movement and anatomical knowledge of musculoskeletal structure of human body as well as dynamic nature of breathing to both students of acting and contemporary dance departments. The aim is to guide students to reach body and mind unity with awareness of self-physical being. Students gain a certain consciousness of harmonic breathing and understanding of muscle-joint-skeleton system of their bodies. During the course, with a lot of breathing exercises and applications of well-known techniques such as Alexander, Feldenkrais, Pilates and Yoga, students enrich their ability to connect with their physical being profoundly.
CNDC 105 Modern Dance Techniques- Limon & Horton (2-2) 3
This course is designed to train students in classical styles of ‘modern dance’ which are established
by the pioneers of dance manners alternative to ballet. With the rise of modernisation in western part of the world dance also influenced by that and began questioning classical values and rues of dancing. Jose Limon and Lester Horton were two of these pioneers of modern dance who has specific style of movement and understanding of bodily expression is still vivid and useful for contemporary dancers’ education. So this course aims to teach students some of the important fundamentals of dancing craft.
FMPA 101 Improvisation: Movement, Drama and Sound (2-2) 3
This, faculty coded shared course, aims to gather all the students of department of contemporary dance, department of acting and department of sound arts design, under the shelter of improvisation which is one of the very crucial tool of creative thinking and body-mind awareness. All the students will deal with all three subjects of; sound-voice, body-movement and speech-drama in the course, so they can emphaticise and be able to understand each other’s practice fields better and closer. Students practice thinking and examining necessary notions of creation and composition with the help of improvisation. Along with, they also apprehend abstract concepts like space, being, time, event etc. Besides, they are prepared for coming school years in means of to work and collaborate each other for creative music and performance projects.
FMPA 103 History of Music (4-0) 4
This course is also faculty coded shared course which aims to convey overall historical cornerstones of western and eastern music to the students. Course is intended to help students to picturing development of the concept of music and differentiate certain eras and cultures from each other. History of music underlines the cultural and sociological aspects of music creation through time and examine its impacts on contemporary art of music and sound. This course is also the part of understanding to related field of each student.
FMPA 105 Culture of Thinking (2-0) 2
This philosophy related course is designed for especially young artists in order to inform them about important thinkers and their key ideas in the history of the world. Student meet with highly influential names and their point of views as well as learn the key concepts of history of philosophy by reading and discussing their quoted works. The purpose of this course is to make students more conscious of how thinking practices or certain philosophical issues related with artistic creation throughout the history.
SOFL 101 Academic English I (3-0) 3
Students who regularly attend this course will have the opportunity to practice a variety of study skills, including but not limited to setting goals, organizing, using time, concentrating, and taking notes. Students will be given important articles written in modern-day English and students will learn to discuss and write responses at an academic level. At the end of the lessons, each student will be able to derive the meaning of unknown words in a reading text, write paragraphs and articles, summarize, discuss and write reply letters.
FIRST YEAR/SECOND SEMESTER
CNDC 102 Ballet for Contemporary Dancers (2-2) 3
In this course classical ballet class is re-designed accordingly to the special needs of contemporary dancers. The targeted movement skills of our student will be nourished by ballet techniques and expanded by ballet sequences. However, it is very important to protect their musculoskeletal health and ability of moving fluid while they practicing ballet exercises. The students gain useful knowledge of ballet which they match with their contemporary dance practices as well as learn main skills of dance artistry.
CNDC 104 Dance Practices (2-2) 3
In this course student try many different type of dance sequences such as jazz, musical, hip-hop, rock’n roll, twist, blues, reggae etc. in order to develop their sense of rhythms and wave of bodies. They are encouraged to discover their own dancing style within various dancing types by creating their own movement sequences and patterns. As the result they raise their self-confidence and quality of stage presence as both actors and dancers.
CNDC 106 Modern Dance Techniques- Graham & Cunningham (2-2) 3
In this continuation course, student learns the specific movement techniques and dancing styles of following modern dance choreographers; Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham who were created their own dance training system as well as their own style of embodiment. Experiencing different propositions about manipulating body and expressing through movement students can enhance their performance ability. While having basic knowledge of dancing craft they also have chance to compare and criticise dance techniques and artistic ideas of modern era.
FMPA 102 Self Discover: Movement, Drama and Sound (2-2) 2
In this continuation course all faculty students shares the same place and time for discovering their selves through improvisation. Improvisation is also one of the methods of self-development or character development. As young adults and future artists, one of our students’ urgent issue is to awaken their ambitions about art, curiosity about the meaning of life and to deal with their possible influences on their society. This course guides them to travel their self and to build up their existence by doing inner exploration in their mind.
FMPA 104 History of Performing Arts (4-0) 4
This course is another faculty coded shared course which aims to convey overall historical cornerstones of western and eastern performing arts (theatre and dance) to the students. The course is intended to help students to picturing development of the concept of performing arts and differentiate certain eras and cultures from each other. History of theatre and dance clarify cultural and sociological aspects of stage creations (based on performing) through time and examine its impacts on contemporary dance and theatre practices. This course is also the part of understanding to related field of each student.
FMPA 106 Thinking Practices (2-0) 2
This course is a follow-up of Culture of Thinking and designed for triggering students’ mind for thinking activity. During the course they ask questions and look for answers related with the main issues that they concern about life. As cultivation of their cultural perspectives, course also aims to lighten their minds and clarify their thoughts. They are encouraged to investigate the reason of their existence, purpose of living and what they want to express by their art practices. In addition to those, students collect certain notions of thinking and producing an idea for an artistic creation or activity.
SOFL 102 Academic English II
It is a continuation of the Academic English I course. Students who regularly attend this course will have the opportunity to practice many study skills, including but not limited to setting goals, organizing, using time, concentrating, and taking notes. Students will be given important articles written in contemporary English, and students will learn to discuss and write responses at an academic level. At the end of the lessons, each student will be able to understand the meaning of unknown words in a reading passage and write paragraphs and articles.
SECOND YEAR/THIRD SEMESTER
CNDC 201 Ballet-Contemporary Combinations (2-2) 3
In this course students continue to exercise ballet movements and combinations in contemporary manner. They experience how to transfer their ballet skills into certain movement quality related to contemporary dance. They improve their abilities of controlling their body at state of movement and refine their performance in terms interpreting sequences of contemporary ballet. In addition to postural sophistication students obtain fluidity, precision and delicacy as dancing bodies.
CNDC 203 Movement- Release Technique (2-2) 3
This course is prepared for both contemporary dance and acting students in order to improve their movement skills with exercising Release Technique. This technique focuses on breathing, muscle relaxation, anatomical awareness and the use of gravity and momentum to perform movements satisfactorily. This course guides the students towards fast and fluid dynamic quality while dancing and allow them to sense gravity and experience to go with the flow.
CNDC 205 Exploring Masters of Choreography (2-4) 4
The course students informed about chosen master choreographers of Modern and Contemporary Dance history such as Maurice Bejart, Nacho Duato, Maguy Marin, Preljocaj, Christopher Bruce, Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Matthew Bourne and their remarking works. After watching and discussing their individual aspects of doing choreography, student study on extracts of their pieces and analyse their movement quality and choreographic structure generally. Further they try to perform these extracts exactly then create their own variations as if they are the same person stylistically.
FMPA 201 Interpreting Texts: Literature (3-0) 3
This faculty coded shared course is continuation of philosophy related courses. However, this course focuses on interpreting or reaching out meaning from particular texts in the form of writing, dancing, filming or music. In this first part of ongoing course students reads and discuss extracts from particular examples of western and eastern literature. Reading works as whole is preferred but critical reading and examining the meaning of it will be on the extracts. The purpose of the course is to improve sensibility and interpreting capacity of the students on a written text.
AITT/HIST 201 Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I
Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution course; telling students how to establish the circumstances under which the Republic of Turkey, forming the government intends to adopt the basic principles of Ataturk. The reason why his principles were transferred to the field of application is explained with case studies that not only the Turkish Nation but also the whole humanity need more than ever.
TUDI/TURK 201 Turkish Language I (2-0)2
The aim of the course is to comprehend the structure and functioning characteristics of the mother tongue to every young person studying in higher education, and to gain the ability to use Turkish correctly and beautifully as a means of written and oral expression in terms of language-thought connection. Another goal is to make a unifying and integrative language prevailing in teaching and to raise young people who have native language awareness.
SECOND YEAR/FOURTH SEMESTER
CNDC 202 Ballet-Contemporary Variations (2-2) 3
The term ‘contemporary ballet’ addresses the dance works which are designed for and performed by dancers from classical ballet backgrounds. Those works are mostly having contemporary dramaturgical approach to classical ballet master pieces or take contemporary issues as subject matter for to create dance in ballet technique. Therefore, aim of this course, is to support students for attaining to ta level of observable dance craft which is mature and subtle as commentators of contemporary ballet. They continue to develop dancing skills as well as body condition during each class. Furthermore, they meet with various contemporary ballet choreographers, familiarize with their chorographical language by interpreting extracts from their works.
CNDC 204 Movement- Release and Flow (2-2) 3 (Prereq. CNDC 203)
This ongoing course is targeting to develop student’s skills in release technique. During the class they practice more advanced sequences or patterns of the technique for to elaborate their ability of using momentum and the force of gravity. They discover the idea of flow and endlessness in the state of moving as well as controlling speed and articulation of their movements. This course also provides interactivity and merges certain energy flow in between participants which makes the students more alert and awakened to the movement dynamics of every class.
CNDC 206 Applied Choreography (2-4) 4
The content of this course is quality of performance. Students apply certain contemporary choreographers’ -Twyla Tharp, Yvonne Rainer, Siobhan Davies, Lea Anderson, Jonathan Burrows, Anne Teresa De Keersmaker, Emio Greco, Ohad Naharin, Barak Marshall, Jerome Bell, Xavier Le Roy, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Russell Maliphant- master pieces as group or duet and prepare themselves for stage performance. They raise their ability of precision and bodily articulation as well as expression on stage. Also this course helps them to improve their body and mind capacity as performer of full-length stage works.
FMPA 202 Interpreting Texts- Music (3-0) 3
In this continuation course related with interpreting the main area is music this time. Students listen important music creations from western classics to contemporary digital compositions then try to figure out their context and meaning. There will be ongoing discussions which guides them to apprehend or read narrative codes of music pieces. Dealing with meaning of a text leads the student towards concerning “meaning” while creating an artistic work.
AITT/ HIST 202 Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II (2-0)2
Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution course; telling students how to establish the circumstances under which the Republic of Turkey, forming the government intends to adopt the basic principles of Ataturk. The reason why his principles were transferred to the field of application is explained with case studies that not only the Turkish Nation but also the whole humanity needs more than ever.
TUDI/ TURK 202 Turkish Language II (2-0)2
The aim of the course is to comprehend the structure and functioning characteristics of the mother tongue to every young person studying in higher education, and to gain the ability to use Turkish correctly and beautifully as a means of written and oral expression in terms of language-thought connection. Another goal is to make a unifying and integrative language prevailing in teaching and to raise young people who have native language awareness.
THIRD YEAR/ FIFTH SEMESTER
CNDC 301 Contemporary Dance Mix Techniques (2-2) 3
This course is one of the fundamentals of dance education which trains students with various approaches of movement methods, lots of contemporary dance patterns and sequences. The aim is to improve their dancing quality in terms of performing complicated movements and patterns, and their movement articulation and precision. In this course students have opportunity to amalgamate different styles and movement techniques in the way of establishing their own movement vocabulary.
CNDC 303 Basics of Contact Improvisation (2-2) 2
Contact Improvisation is both creative and physical technique and a style of bodily expression in art of movement history. Emerged in 1972 pioneered by Steve Paxton, improvising in physical contact with other bodies is extremely vital for dance training as well as creating movement materials. Contemporary dancers are no longer only applying bodies of choreographers’ orders or wishes. Beyond that they are creative participants of all creative process and performers of the actual stage piece. With this course, student will learn the principles of physical exchanges between moving bodies, nature of improvisation together with other participants and manner of partnering and sharing. The purpose of the technique is also to motivate students to take risk to move against gravity and to transfer weight into a flowing action series.
CNDC 305 Creating Dance Pieces (2-2) 3
This course is a complementary for contemporary dance educations since it deals with creativity. Following improvisation practices students will be ready for creating dance pieces by their own. During the course, similar with design educations, there will be 2 or 3 projects will be defined which students are expected to be involved with as creators at first then performers if needed. These projects’ subject matters vary but in their first experiences students will focus on two or three dancers and related with abstract concepts to reveal. They choose a subject or an idea to study on then work for to embody them by movements. At this level they need to investigate movement materials to reveal their ideas and take decisions about how to compose them, what will be the surroundings (sound, costume, place, light, etc.). After this each of the projects presented to a crowd and students will get the feedback from both audience and lecturers with an after-talk session then they evaluate themselves as future artists in terms of how the intentions meet with the resulted version of the content.
CNDC 307 Exchanged Experiences-Dance (2-2) 3
This course is intended to meet students with dance professionals closer and collect knowledges from their personal experiences in the field. The guest teachers, and dancers whom are working in contemporary manner of dance are invited for workshops, lectures and seminars to our faculty. Students will have opportunity to communicate with, learn from and comprehend their unique approach to art of movement. The guests will chance to share their knowledge and expertise with the next generation. This encounter nourishes mutually and makes remarkable impacts on each other’s artistic life.
FMPA 301 Interpreting Texts- Film & Drama (3-0) 3
As following philosophy related courses, this one is focusing on Film and Drama examples as studied texts. During the term student will watch videos of cinematic works and recorded theatre pieces with the film versions of dramatic texts of auteur directors with a critical eye. They try to investigate the ways in which these ‘texts’ conveys the concerning issues and discuss the related opinions of auteurs. Students also comprehends to being an ‘auteur’ and appreciate of having an individual, unique look to the world as artist within this course. Lastly they argue to be meaningful or what it supposed to be in case of narration or dramatic expression.
THIRD YEAR/ SIXTH SEMESTER
CNDC 302 Contemporary Dance-Flying Low (2-2) 3
In this following course students will experience most recent contemporary technique “Flying Low” created by David Zambrano. As living educator and dance creator Zambrano is giving workshops in all around the world. Flying Low technique; offers simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed and energy release in relation with the floor mostly. The main idea is moving in and out of the ground and improve dancers’ physical perception and alertness of their skeletal structure, of the connection joints and centre of the moving body. The other idea which is one of the basis of Flying Low is to imagine body is constantly spiralling and this urges the needed momentum of moving fluid and connected. Therefore, students will gain a strong knowledge by practice towards to their professional dancing life with the support of this course.
CNDC 304 Contact Improvisation- Passing Through (2-2) 3 (Prereq. CNDC 303)
As a prerequisite course of Basics of Contact Improvisation, this course planned as on-going group improvisation sessions inspired by Paxton’s approaches at the beginning. Towards the last week of the course student also learns and experience the Passing Through technique which is offered and composed Zambrano. With this course student will understand how to activate their motor abilities in order to be aware and ready for to response creatively to changes in the environment. They train their skills of simultaneity and spontaneity by opening themselves to sudden acts and impacts of other participants. Students learn to listen each other’s body and dynamic quality of movement session which is certainly not identical with any other physical experience.
CNDC 306 Practicing Choreography (2-2) 3
As continuation course of Creating Dance Pieces, students focus on to create a choreography for larger number of performers. The intention of this course is encourage the student to lead a group of dancer for creating a dance piece for 3-5 minutes long. Therefore, they can examine how to motivate, conduct and lead the dancers towards his/her own idea or ambition. They are divided into groups and each of the students will be able to try the whole process of choreography and staging until the end of the term. As the benefits of the course, students learn the principles of choreographic process and designing a dance piece by the critics and guidance of lecturers in class time. And while practicing choreography they will also be responsible of how to present their creation on stage and to a crowd in terms of staging; costume, sound, lighting and scenography. Students will be able to take feedback and examining themselves with live performances.
CNDC 308 Exchanged Experiences-Choreography (2-2) 3
This following course is intended to meet students with dance creators or choreographers closer and collect knowledge from their personal experiences in the field. The guest artists, choreographers or dance company leaders are invited for workshops, lectures and seminars to our faculty. Students will have opportunity to communicate with, learn from and comprehend their unique approach to create dance piece. The guests will chance to share their knowledge and expertise with the next generation. This encounter, nourishes mutually and expected to make remarkable impacts on each other’s artistic life.
FMPA 302 Interpreting Texts-Dance and Performance Arts (3-0) 3
As following philosophy related courses, this one is focusing on Dance and Drama examples as studied texts. During the term student will watch videos of contemporary dance and and recorded performance art (live-art) works of well-known companies and artists. They try to investigate the ways in which a performance as a ‘texts’ conveys the concerning issues and discuss the related opinions of creative participants. Students also comprehends to be part of creative process as leading or performing person as well as the nature of artistic collaboration and interdisciplinary environment of contemporary practices. Lastly they may argue the impacts of such creations on society with the political and ethical responsibilities of art.
FOURTH YEAR/ SEVENTH SEMESTER
CNDC 401 Collaborative Project (2-2) 3
In this course, student raise their skills of to collaborate with students of other creative disciplines in the process of a contemporary dance project. They will be paired with a student of other departments of the faculty or university and design their project as collaborated artist. They should study on context of their subject matters and how to project it into an art work together. Students will work together through the final presentation and evaluated as partners. The benefits of this course is to experience art practices in recent methods and forms especially in collaboration which is the most common approaches to creativity.
CNDC 403 Exchanged Experiences-Physical Theatre and Performance Art (2-2) 3
As continuing course it is intended to meet students with experts of Physical Theatres and Performance Art -which are the most common kinds of artistic practices of our time- closer and collect knowledge from their personal experiences in the field. The guest artists, creators, leaders and academics are invited for workshops, lectures and seminars to our faculty. Students will have opportunity to communicate with, learn from and comprehend their unique approach to create physical theatre and performance art. The guests will chance to share their knowledge and expertise with the next generation. This encounter, nourishes mutually and expected to make remarkable impacts on each other’s artistic life.
CNDC 405 Ensemble Stage Production I (2-4) 4
This course is organized as department coded shared course with all students of the faculty. As our education approach we concern our student’s performance quality and creative participatory as well as stage experiences very much. So at the graduation year a full length interdisciplinary stage production will be designed and produced by our faculty and the students. Students work as groups or as ensemble led by three lecturers from each departments and the whole is artistically directed by chosen faculty member for that year. During the semester students, guided by lecturers in order to framing their creative work and processing it towards a completed production. This course is the first phase of creating an ensemble stage production which every fourth year students and faculty members be involved with in organizational co-operation and artistic collaboration. Therefore, the target of the course is to complete draft version of the production by the end of semester. Students will be evaluated by the group of lecturers through the term by their contribution and reliability as both creative performers for ongoing performance processes and production.
FOURTH YEAR/ EIGHTH SEMESTER
CNDC 402 Graduation Project and Portfolio (2-2) 3
The purpose of this course is to give students the opportunity of creating their own art piece from idea to performance including promotion and public presentation. Student are guided by their lecturers through the whole progress of creation till its performance on stage. They are expected to keep a journal through process. They learn how to promote themselves as artists and how to apply and behave in auditions within digital media and as printed materials. In addition to those, they perform their piece at least 4 times live and they may release the digital version of it in social media.
CNDC 404 Exchanged Experiences-Dance Industry (2-2) 3
As continuing course it aims to acknowledge students about the nature of ‘dance industry’ in terms of international curatorship, arts management, marketing methods, health practices, film and video commercials, music videos, concert performances etc. The guest artists, creators, producers, promoters, artistic directors, market planners, strategists and so on, are invited for workshops, lectures and seminars to our faculty. Students will have opportunity to communicate with, learn from and comprehend their unique approach to create physical theatre and performance art. The guests will chance to share their knowledge and expertise with the next generation. This encounter, nourishes mutually and expected to make remarkable impacts on each other’s professional life.
CNDC 406 Ensemble Stage Production II (2-4) 4 (Prerequisite CNDC 405)
This course is the second phase of the full-length ensemble stage production which is designed to present to public. As it is organized as department coded shared course with all students of the faculty it is led by three lecturers and artistically directed by the chosen faculty member. This course aims to gather and operate all of our faculty members’ efforts and artistic contribution into one big stage production. At this phase the target is to add necessary quality and precision to the draft which has been created in the last semester. Along with, all the visual components of stage production such as music and sound, costume, scenography, lighting, etc. will be designed and applied to the work. It is expected to present our faculty and university with a fully equipped and qualified stage work or performance and to share with the society and media. With this course student experience to be part of a full-length production and gain professional knowledge as creative performers of the future. . Also during the spring term this production is performed and participates local and global organization on behalf of our university and country.
DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES
CNDC 220 Body Conditioning I (University elective)(2-2)3
CNDC 221 Laban Movement Analysis(3-0)3
CNDC 222 Contemporary Dance Repertory(2-2)3
CNDC 320 Development of Physical Theatre (Tanz Theater)(3-0)3
CNDC 321 Practicing Physical Theatre (Tanz Theater)(2-2)3
CNDC 322 Dance Dramaturgy(3-0)3
CNDC 323 Societal Sharing I(2-2)3
CNDC 420 Body Conditioning II (University elective)(2-2)3
CNDC 421 Thinking on Dance (3-0)3
CNDC 422 Societal Sharing II(2-2)3
FACULTY ELECTIVES
Please find below recommended supplies/materials you will need for the department of study:
- Knee Pads or Knee Support Braces.
- Long-Sleeved Clothing for floor exercises (sweatshirts, shirts, etc.) and long, comfortable, flexible pants or sweatpants.
- A Tennis Ball for body work (any type).
- Notebook for taking notes during classes.
- Recommended: Laptop for online assignments via Microsoft Teams.