Stand out from the crowd and let your style shine with the final year of this programme. Build on the knowledge and skills you have acquired to create an original body of work for your industry-ready portfolio. Learn from industry professionals who will teach you the skills to be work-ready.On successful completion of the New Zealand Diploma in Dance, students may apply to enrol in year three of the Bachelor of Creativity (Performing Arts) and create a body of work in their discipline.

 

In the first two years you'll develop a strong base in M?ori, Samoa, Cook Islands and New Zealand contemporary dance performance, and build strengths in technique, performance and choreography. In the third year, you build on the knowledge they have acquired to create and perform an original body of work.

 

You'll do core courses as well as the following topics:

• Samoa dance performance
• Mori dance performance
• Cook Islands dance performance
• New Zealand contemporary dance performance
• Costuming for performance
• Audition technique