Iwanson schedule

Course schedule (3 Year Plan)

The plan of the three year training program is based on daily technique classes in ballet, contemporary dance, as well as jazz/hip-hop and theory. Students with sufficient backgroud can also audition for the second or third year program. A solo choreography is required for the final degree. Degree: Diploma in Contemporary Dance.

CLASSES
Contemporary dance: daily training (starting with the 2. and 3. year with international guest faculty)
Ballet: daily training
Jazz dance/Hip-Hop: 4 times per week
Classes meeting 1 time/week:
Contemporary Partnering
Floor Technique
Bodyawareness techniques: Yoga/Floor-Barre
Coaching:indiviual correction of technique and expression in small groups (up to five times/week)

THEORY
Weekly classes:
Anatomy
History of dance

SEMINARS
acrobatics
light design
preparing for an audition
dramaturgy

CREATIVE TRAINING
Choreography/Improvisation technique, 2./3. year - weekly
Drama classes: 1./2./3. year - weekly
At the end of the first year, students perform their own pieces on the schools studio stage. Beginning in the second year, the students begin to show their work on Munich stages and festivals.

PERFORMING
Students have the opportunity to develop their experience on stage starting at the end of the first year. The second and third year have increased performance experience working with an internationally acclaimed group of guest choreographers.

GUEST FACULTY
In the contemporary dance classes students, beginning in the 2. and 3. year, enjoy the unique situation of working each week with different internationally well known guest teachers and choreographers.

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