Diploma in Dance Performance
George Brown College
Key Information
Campus location
Toronto, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 18,371 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* for international students. All fees are subject to change, without notice
Introduction
This rigorous and comprehensive two-year Dance Performance diploma program provides you with the necessary skills to launch a career in dance. As a graduate, you will be a classical ballet and/or contemporary dancer with the professionalism, technical expertise, and industry contacts required to pursue a career in dance. With a choice of specialty in classical or contemporary dance, students train in ballet, modern, and jazz with studies in the acting, vocal, repertoire, and composition to elevate their overall performance quality and marketability.
There are two streams for students to specialize in either classical or contemporary dance:
- The Classical stream is for intermediate/advanced ballet students and includes more advanced training in ballet and pointe.
- The Contemporary stream is for intermediate-level ballet students and includes additional contemporary training and the option of less advanced pointe classes.
Student Selection
The entrance requirement is dance training at the intermediate classical ballet level with pointe work and experience in other dance forms. Prospective students must pass an audition in ballet and jazz as well as an interview.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Scholarships for international students at George Brown College are generally in-program awards based on students’ academic performance (and other criteria) at George Brown College after the beginning of the academic program.
Curriculum
Required Courses
In order to graduate, you must successfully complete all of the required credits and appear in the Semesters 2 and 4 Showcases.
Showcase rehearsal hours will be scheduled in semesters 2 and 4 and are categorized as in-class mandatory homework hours. There will be between 2 and 10 hours of rehearsal per week, mostly during Semesters 2 and 4, until each Showcase performance. Production week at the theatre may also require additional hours.
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**Based on the results of your placement test, you may be required to take COMM 1000 Introduction to College Communication before progressing to COMM 1007. COMM 1000 does not count as a course required for graduation, and you will be charged for this extra course.
Program Outcome
The graduate demonstrates the ability to:
- Perform advanced classical ballet and modern dance techniques in choreographed solo and ensemble productions.
- Perform jazz dance techniques in choreographed solo and ensemble productions.
- Sing at an intermediate level using pulse, rhythm, and meter in both solo presentations and chorus productions.
- Create artistically expressive dramatic characterizations in a dance context at an advanced level in both solo and ensemble performances.
- Present self professionally at auditions and in industry environments through resumés, biographical backgrounds and photographs to advance artistic and career opportunities.
- Develop self-knowledge and reflective practice to make informed artistic, pedagogical, personal development and career choices within the performing arts industry.
- Apply pedagogical skills and concepts to educate students in the areas of ballet, modern and jazz dance training.
Career Opportunities
Your Career
Our graduates are working! Some of the many places they've found work include:
- Traditional dance companies and festivals: apprenticing, performing, and touring with established dance companies and festivals such as Stratford, Ballet Jörgen Canada, and the Charlottetown Festival.
- The project-based dance industry: applying for funding for their own projects, choreographing, founding companies, joining/forming groups and producing shows, and performing in festivals, cabarets, theatres, and resorts.
- Film and television: appearing in productions and music videos, and developing dance on film projects.
- The dance training studio industry, driven by television and live dance competitions: teaching, choreographing, coaching, and judging, as well as founding and taking ownership of their own studios.
- The dance fitness and workshop industry: teaching and developing the expanding market of dance fitness and specialized workshops, and taking this product across Canada and abroad.
- The sports and dance teams industry: cheerleading, and forming and joining dance teams.
Some graduates continue on to arts and master’s degrees in universities and continued professional development in fields such as circus performance, personal fitness, stage management, nutrition, and physical therapies.