Contemporary Dance

About the course

The course is given in close collaboration with schools in other European cities – the Zurich University for the Arts works with Codarts in Rotterdam, and The Manufacture works with P.A.R.T.S in Brussels. In this way, students become familiar with various choreographic languages and get to work with an array of well-known teachers and professionals.

Some of the theory classes are taught at the University of Bern along with students from that school.

The Manufacture in Lausanne offers a specialisation in artistic creation, training students to become autonomous artists using an approach it has been developing since 2003.

The school’s departments of theatre and dance share common concepts – such as support, technical integration, practice, experimentation, reflexive learning, autonomy and responsibility – thereby forging synergies among these areas of study.