Arts in Social Contexts. Performing Arts – Dance and Theatre Pedagogy (B.A.)

What impact can dance and theatre have on society? How can movement and performance shape social processes and promote cultural participation? In the Performing Arts – Dance and Theatre Pedagogy specialization you learn to combine forms of aesthetic expression with social responsibility and to bring creative processes into educational and social contexts.

The focus is on artistic experimentation, critical reflection and social commitment. You explore contemporary theories, concepts and methods of dance and theatre pedagogy and investigate how the performing arts can act as transformative tools for promoting inclusion and social participation.

Performing arts at HKS Ottersberg means movement as expression, theatre as dialogue and performance as a social force. You develop practical approaches to teaching movement, expression and performing arts and learn how artistic processes can shape social spaces and stimulate social change.

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Fields of activity and career opportunities

As a graduate of this specialisation, a wide range of career paths are open to you – wherever artistic creativity meets social commitment:

• Dance and theatre educator in social and cultural institutions, schools, youth centres or intercultural projects
• Artistic direction and project management in theatre and dance projects, community arts or social initiatives
• Performance artist and director in independent theatre groups, dance ensembles or experimental performance projects
• Work at the intersection of art, society and education – e.g. inclusion projects, cultural education or artistic education work
• Freelance work as a choreographer, director or theatre educator with your own productions and artistic workshops

Are you ready to use dance and theatre to bring about social change?

Apply now and become part of a creative, social and interdisciplinary community that combines artistic freedom and social responsibility.

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