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Academy of Theatre and Dance Academy of Theatre and Dance Academy of Theatre and Dance
Academy of Theatre and DanceAcademy of Theatre and Dance Academy of Theatre and DanceAcademy of Theatre and Dance Academy of Theatre and DanceAcademy of Theatre and Dance

Study guide

2020-2021
 
Study Programmes>SNDO (School for New Dance Development)>Course descriptions>Curriculum components descriptions>Instruction hours
Instruction hours
Year schedule
 

In professional training it is necessary that students learn to work increasingly independently as the course progresses, since they’ll need to develop a self-supportive work attitude. The teachers and team therefore progressively adopt a more supervisory and coaching approach throughout the course years.

Although the study load remains the same, the relation between the number of face-to-face instruction hours/courses and self-study hours changes. Face-to-face instruction decrease gradually as the study programme progresses while the number of self-study hours (and student independence) increases (especially from 3rd year onwards).

This is how the hours are in principle distributed (the block lengths may vary +/- 1 week per particular calendar year and can affect e.g. the amount of structural self-study weeks designated for creation in one block or face-to-face hours in another block):

1st study year
Face to Face: 1010 hours (Blocks 1-4) + 120 hours (Block 5)
Self-study structural: 90 hours studio creation (Block 5) + 50 hours performance week (Block 5) + 50 hours (crewing).
Self-study own distribution: 360 hours (Blocks 1-4 reading, writing, own research and creation).

2nd study year
Face to Face: 870 hours (Blocks 1,2,3,5) + 90 (Block 4)
Self-study structural: 90 hours studio creation (Block 4) + 50 hours performance week (Block 4) + 50 hours (crewing).
Self-study own distribution: 530 hours (Blocks 1-5 reading, writing, own research and creation).

3rd study year
Face to Face: 600 (Blocks 1-5)
Self-study structural: 600 (Blocks 1-5) [2x performance weeks, 3x crewing]
Self-study own distribution: 480

4th study year
Face to Face: 200
Self-study structural: 400 (stage report, performance proposal, thesis, Performance preparation (PR texts, curatorial decisions, etc), Performances weeks)
Self-study own distribution: 1080

The regular courses and face-to-face hours are scheduled between 09.15 in the morning and 17.00 in the afternoon. During performance period’s different schedules apply as a certain amount of activity takes place in the evening.

 

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