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Choreographic Direction of Modern Dance Theatre and Art Management

Faculty of Architecture
Department of Art

 

Speciality: Choreographic Direction of Modern Dance Theatre and Art Management

Awarded qualification: Master of Choreography and Art Management

Level of qualification: Master

 

Specific admission requirements: Educational-and-qualification degree Bachelor obtained in one of the majors included in the area of Choreography – Bulgarian Folk Dances, Contemporary Dance Theatre, Variety Dance Theatre, with an average score Good 4. Graduates in other majors need to have an adjustment semester, in order to acquire fundamental knowledge in the field of Dance Arts.

 

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning :
• Senior lecturer Maria Kardzhieva, e-mail address: m_kardjieva@avb.bg – the ECTS coordinator of the major provides initial information and advice about the possibilities for recognition and allocation of credits from prior learning - formal.
• Procedures:
- Academic transcript or diploma from previous education;
- International diplomas and certificates for computer skills, corresponding to ECDL (the European Computer Driving License).
• Credit allocation:
Based on the results from the certification of knowledge and skills, and in compliance with the curriculum of the given major, the Department of Arts allocates a certain number of credits.
 

Qualification requirements and regulations: In order to obtain the respective qualification, students need to have a total of 60 credits, out of which 36 credits from compulsory courses, 6 credits from elective courses, 3 credits from optional courses and 15 credits from thesis defence.

 

Profile of the programme: On the basis of sufficient general and professional knowledge, as well as on the creative and artistic skills obtained in the bachelor programme, this major trains highly competitive specialists in the area of dance art and culture management.

 

Key learning outcomes
Students acquire knowledge of dance and theatre dramaturgy, modern dance techniques, skills in creating and directing stage dance works and performances. Special emphasis is placed on the problems related to the realization of the modern genre called "dance theatre". Students are expected to be able to organize the processes involved in the management of culture, to work out entrepreneurial, marketing, strategic and business plans.

 

Occupational profiles of graduates
Students who have successfully completed the programme can find professional realization in the area of dance art, as choreographers, ballet-masters and directors in professional and amateur groups, artistic managers of schools, freelance artists, directors of various kinds of performances, in the area of tourist animation, choreography teachers in secondary and higher educational institutions, specialists in the field of culture management.

 

Access to further studies: Educational-and-qualification degree Doctor.

 
ECTS Code Course Lectures and seminars Out-of-class Work Credits
1 DAN2022 Choreography Direction of Contemporary Dance Theatre - Part I 45 90 4,5
2 DAN2033 Models of Contemporary Dance Theatre. Analysis – Music – Choreography. 45 90 4,5
3 MAN1069 Foundations of Management 60 120 6
4 MAR1004 Marketing 60 120 6
ELECTIVE COURSES - students are required to choose 2 courses
1   Elective course - 1 30 60 3
2   Elective course - 2 30 60 3
OPTIONAL COURSES - students are required to choose 1 course
    Optional course 30 60 3
Total for semester I 300 600 30
1 DAN2022 Choreographic Staging of Modern Dance Theatre - Part II 60 120 6
2 DAN2035 Music Arrangement for Thematic Spectacles 30 60 3
3 FAR1001 Art Management 30 60 3
4 MAN1071 Entrepreneurship 30 60 3
5   Thesis defence /artistic project/   450 15
Total for semester II 150 750 30
Total for the complete course of education: 450 1350 60
ELECTIVE COURSES - students are required to choose 2 courses
1 DAN2041 Artistic Lighting and Make-up 30 60 3
2 MUS2013 Musical Analysis 30 60 3
3 MAR2017 Advertising 30 60 3
OPTIONAL COURSES - students are required to choose 1 course
1 MUS2018 Solfege 30 60 3
2 MUS2012 Music and Video Software 30 60 3
Adjustment semester
1 DAN2044 Theoretical Basis of Choreography 60 120 6
2 DAN2018 Contemporary Dance Techniques 45 90 4,5
3 DAN1065 Methods of Instruction in Modern Dancing 30 60 3
4 MUS1060 Theory of Music 30 60 3
5 MUS2077 Pop and Rock Music Styles 30 60 3
6 TFA1001 Acting 45 90 4,5
7 PSY1026 Psychology 30 60 3
8 MUS1044 Pedagogy 30 60 3
    Total for the adjustment semester: 300 600 30
 

Examination regulations, assessment and grading: Masters take examinations in the courses they do at the end of each semester.

 

Graduation requirements: State examination – thesis defence (screenplay and director’s plan of artistic project).

 

Mode of study: full-time

 

Programme Director: Prof. Petar Iliev Angelov
tel.: + 359 888 565 532
е-mail: mti@vfu.bg