Online Audition Dance

There is the option of completing the first round of the admission process for the BA programme in Contemporary Dance online.

When  applying online, you can provide four links to the following application videos (e.g. YouTube links):

Tasks and demonstration videos

Please follow the tasks and demonstration videos below. Please stick to the given time and make sure that your videos are labelled clearly.

1. Please introduce yourself shortly in German or English (1 min) 

• What is your name, how old are you, where are you from, what have you done so far?
• Why would you like to study Contemporary Dance?

2. Contemporary Dance

• Please film yourself dancing the movement phrase of the Video: Contemporary Demonstration.
• Please use the music provided in the video.

3. Ballet-Technique

• Please film yourself dancing all the exercises of the Video: Ballet Demonstration.
• Please use the music provided in the video.

4. Improvisation exercises (2 minutes)

Please film yourself dancing the following improvisation tasks:

• Using the articulation of all your joints, play with the idea of folding and unfolding - from outside to inside / from inside to outside.
• Use this idea to work with level changes. How does this take you down into the floor and up again? How many different levels can you explore?
• Add changes of dynamic to your exploration. Work with relaxation as well as strength/tension. How can both inhabit the body at the same time?
• Finally, play with different tempos. Can you play with different speeds, from very slow to very fast?