First-cycle studies - 2026/2027

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DANCE - Contemporary Dance, first-cycle

Details
Code TAN-TW-SL
Organizational unit Department of Dance
Field of studies Dance
Form of studies Full-time
Level of education First cycle
Educational profile academic
Language(s) of instruction Polish
Duration 3 years
Required document
  • Baccalaureate or an equivalent diploma
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  • Phase 1 (01.05.2026 00:00 – 31.05.2026 23:59)

The studies are addressed to talented dancers, who want to start their education in broadly defined contemporary dance and see themselves as professional stage dancers in future. The study program assumes education in the field of techniques, styles and forms of contemporary dance, such as modern and contemporary dance, jazz, classical, improvisation and contact-improvisation. The studies are addressed to dancers who completed dance and ballet schools, qualification courses, trainings and workshops.

List of major subjects teachers:

  • dr hab. Andrzej Morawiec, Associate Professor
  • dr Izadora Weiss
  • dr Aleksandra Bilińska-Słomkowska
  • dr Malwina Głowacka
  • dr Joanna Sibilska
  • dr Katarzyna Sempolska
  • dr Paulina Wycichowska
  • mgr Anna Nowak
  • mgr Piotr Jeznach
  • mgr Zuzanna Kupidura
  • mgr Alisa Makarenko
  • mgr Agata Pankowska

 

Tests

STAGE 1 ONLINE

  1. test of dancing skills – a solo performance show, audio-video file (approx. 3 minutes)
    The recording should be sent via ONEDRIVE by 3 June 2026.

STAGE 2

16 June 2026, 10.00 a.m.

SALA RYTMIKI I TAŃCA w siedzibie UMFC

  1. test on skills covering techniques of contemporary dance
  2. test on movement improvisation according to a randomly selected structure
  3. test on history of dance

 

Scope of material

Dance and improvisation skills

 

Literature

  1. W. Klimczak, Wizjonerzy ciała. Panorama współczesnego teatru tańca, Kraków 2010.
  2. R. Lange, O istocie tańca i jego przejawach w kulturze: perspektywa antropologiczna, Poznań 2009 or earlier edition.
  3. A. Rembowska, Teatr Tańca Piny Bausch. Sny i rzeczywistość, Warszawa 2009.
  4. B. Sier-Janik, Post Modern Dance: Zarys problematyki – twórcy i techniki, Warszawa 1995.
  5. Słownik tańca współczesnego, ed. M. Leyko, J. Szymajda, Łódź 2022.
  6. Taniec współczesny w Polsce w drugiej połowie XX wieku, ed. A. Banach, J. Grzybowski, S. Nieśpiałowska-Owczarek, Łódź 2017.
  7. I. Turska, Krótki zarys historii tańca i baletu, Kraków 2024 or earlier edition. 

 

Additional documents

Portfolio in pdf format, marked with the candidate’s name and surname. The portfolio should contain information on art education - certificates of completion of courses, workshops or dance studies, dance-related certificates, awards and competition diplomas.

The portfolio must be submitted via ONEDRIVE by 3 June 2026.