Dance

The Dance discipline offers professional training for stage dancers at the Zurich Dance Academy, leading to a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (EFZ) with a focus on classical ballet. The vocational training programme in stage dance at the Zurich Dance Academy can also be completed with a Federal Vocational Baccalaureate. The Dance discipline also offers the Bachelor Major Contemporary Dance, which includes an innovative health programme. The Master Major Dance comprises the study programmes Choreography and Teaching and Rehearsing Dance Professionals, with a strong focus on developing an individual artistic profile.

Stage Dancer

Offering professional training in classical dance, Zurich Dance Academy prepares talented children and young people aged 11 to 19 for their future careers as dancers.
Our institution provides widely acclaimed ballet education and is a sought-after destination for students from Switzerland, Europe and overseas.
A team of teachers with outstanding international reputations assures the high standard and quality we provide in our education. This is reflected in the fact that our graduates are found in companies all over the world. We are a partner school of several well-known dance and ballet competitions, including the Prix de Lausanne, Youth America Grand Prix and Tanzolymp Berlin.

Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance

The approach to contemporary dance followed by the Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance course at ZHdK engages with the academic dance tradition (including classical ballet). The central aim of the training provided is to develop the future dancers’ technical skills and artistic sensibility. Students become familiar with various styles of contemporary dance, and are able to move flexibly between them.

Master of Arts in Dance

The Master of Arts in Dance offers two different fields of study: Choreography and Teaching and Coaching Dance Professionals.
The choreography programme equips students to work as choreographers in the field of professional stage dance and other related fields.
On the “Master of Arts in Dance, Teaching and Coaching Dance Professionals” programme, students specialize in the field of training leadership/coaching/lecturing for professional stage dance.
Both fields of study are very closely linked. In addition to learning teaching skills and how choreographers work and carrying out artistic research, students develop their own individual teaching profile. They have the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary work and establish contacts within the international dance network.

The Master Cluster «Film Dance Theater» makes open, cross-disciplinary studies possible.

Contact

Head of Dance
Jason Beechey

Tanz Akademie Zürich
Leadership team:
Jason Beechey
Operations Management: Sandra Nussberger
Programme Coordination: Àkos Sebestyén
Development & Projects: Kristina Trolle

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
taZ, Tanz Akademie Zürich
Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96
Postfach, 8031 Zürich
Tel. +41 43 446 50 30
E-Mail
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Bachelor und Master Dance

Head:
Artistic Director: Samuel Wuersten
Professor of Choreography: Prof. Dr. phil. Friederike Lampert

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Major Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance
Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96
Postfach, 8031 Zürich
Tel. +41 43 446 53 18
E-Mail
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Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Departement Darstellende Künste und Film
Major Master of Arts in Dance (Choreography oder Teaching and Rehearsing Dance Professionals)
Toni Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96
Postfach, 8031 Zürich
Tel. +41 43 446 53 13
E-Mail
Webseite, Major MA Dance, Choreography
Webseite, Major MA Dance, Teaching and Rehearsing Dance Professionals

Photo: Impression from the ZHdK study programme in Dance

Photo: Choreography project Noemi Lapzesson

Photo of the choreography project by Barak Marshall

Photo impression of the ZHdK study programme in Dance

Photo: Dance performance “Fussspuren 10”

Photo: Dance performance “Fussspuren 11”