Acrobatic and Circus Dance Mention

DANCE acrobatic

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Training Experience

A 360º training adapted to your time, interests and professional needs. With us you will be able to start your four-year university academic training, carry out postgraduate studies through our master's degree offering and complete educational excellence with doctoral studies.

The mention in Acrobatic and Circus Dances is fundamentally based on the need to create higher studies, raised in the Proposal of the Ministry of Culture, through the INAEM. This process is framed in the proposed Law for the promotion, preservation and dissemination of the circus sector, approved by the Culture Commission of the Congress of Deputies on September 15, 2010.

The Mention, Acrobatic and Circus Dance, unique in Spain, provides a professional profile to our students that responds to the demands of the current work field of the multidisciplinary circus artist, prepared to face the new challenges of the XNUMXst century show.

The current technical and visual language of the circus show shows a clear hybridization of styles and influences from painting, sculpture and avant-garde art, taking dramaturgical references for the Cabaret scene, the Music Hall and Burlesque, among other styles.
The Circus of the XNUMXst century shares various characteristics with other performing formats, appealing to the diversity and fusion of techniques, formats and dance languages. A performing art with its own identity, in the field of languages and creative processes of living and performing arts.

Faculty

Jorge Gallego

jorge.gallego@alicialonso.org

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Elaine Lopez

elaine.lopez@alicialonso.org

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Programme

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Acrobatic and Circus Dance

The circus continues to have an important performance space within the Performing Arts in Spain with the presence of companies such as the Teatros-Circo de Murcia, Orihuela, Albacete, Santa Cruz de la Palma, El Algar, etc. There were more than 50 circus companies touring the country. Starting in the 70s, the circus began to decline, with few Spanish companies being able to survive in these years.

The turn of the century has made evident the need for innovation, creativity and imagination, causing a forced change in search of new avenues, sometimes from the renewal of the traditional circus, and other times, through new forms of spectacle.

COURSE 1
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Music	FB	6
1	Scenic and Audiovisual Communication Theory	FB	6
1	Methodology of Acrobatic and Circus Dance I	OP	4,5
2	Analysis of the Historical Evolution of Dance	FB	6
2	Copyright and Intellectual Property	FB	6
2	History of the Performing Arts	FB	6
2	Makeup and Characterization	OB	3
2	Nutrition, Kinesiology and Dance Performance	OB	3
Annual	Classical Dance Technique Training I	OB	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Technique Training I	OP	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Repertoire I	OP	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Staging Workshop I	OP	6
Total credits to study: 64,5

COURSE 2
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Design as an Author in the Performing Arts	FB	6
1	Composition, Visual Perception and Color in the Scenic Space	OB	6
1	Methodology of Acrobatic and Circus Dance II	OP	4,5
2	computer art	FB	6
2	Performance Studies applied to the Performing Arts	FB	6
2	Theatrical, Choreographic and Audiovisual Script	FB	6
Annual	modern language	FB	6
Annual	Classical Dance Technique Training II	OB	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Technique Training II	OP	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Repertoire II	OP	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Staging Workshop II	OP	6
Total credits to study: 64,5

COURSE 3
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Historical and Character Dances	OB	3
1	Pantomime	OB	3
1	Methodology of Acrobatic and Circus Dance III	OP	4.5
2	Illustration as Visual Essay in the Performing Arts	OB	3
Annual	Choreographic Composition	OB	6
Annual	Classical Dance Technique Training III	OB	6
Annual	Research Methodology in the Performing Arts	OB	6
Annual	Technique and Registry of Interpretation of the Arts	OB	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Technique Training III	OP	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Repertoire III	OP	6
Annual	Acrobatic and Circus Dance Staging Workshop III	OP	6
Total credits to study: 55,5

COURSE 4
Semester	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Curriculum design and evaluation	OB	3
1	Set design and lighting in the performing arts	OB	6
1	Management and production of artistic projects	OB	4,5
1	Psychopedagogy applied to dance	OB	6
1	Academic Recognition of Credits	OB	6
Annual	external practices	OB	24
Annual	Undergraduate Thesis Project	OB	6
Total credits to study: 55,5

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Why study with us?

Constant stage practice
Complementary workshops and seminars with guest teachers and artists
Visits to museums, art centers and shows
Participation in national and international festivals and events, as part of the IUDAA agreements with prestigious institutions
You will be able to be part of different projects and shows, programmed in the National Network of Theaters and Auditoriums

A circus artist must be prepared to face the challenges of contemporary art and its multidisciplinary languages.