ARE YOU A SINGER?
Are you interested in learning about dance and movement?
ARE YOU A DANCER?
Have you always wanted to use your voice?
BA Voice and Dance
The new BA Voice and Dance (Commenced at the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick in September 2008) is a four year degree programme, which will provide students with the opportunity to specialise in either voice or dance, to study it as their primary discipline and also to develop skills to perform works which include both voice and dance.
Bobby McFerrin
The programme is aimed at students who have an interest in developing a high level of ability as singers or dancers and who are open to learning a variety of vocal and movement styles, including:
- World music and dance
- Popular song and dance
- Contemporary dance
- Early music and chant
- Irish traditional song and dance
Students will also have the opportunity to:
- Investigate the connection between song and dance through body-based techniques
- Create new vocal compositions and dance choreographies
- Develop performance skills in voice and dance
- Learn other performance skills
- Study world dance and music forms and their history
- Learn vocational skills such as entrepreneurship, audio/visual technology, and community music and dance, among others.
23rd January, 2009
