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Uganda: Dance Education

Graduate Study Abroad

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Learn how to teach, create, and perform dance and build community – through the lens of another culture. You’ll collaborate with professional dancers, musicians, educators, and students from local Universities in Kampala. Take classes in traditional Ugandan dance and drumming, collaboratively learn and create lessons based on best practices of culturally relevant pedagogy, and then implement your group lessons with children from local centers, schools, and community-based organizations. You will take field trips to community centers, important cultural and natural sites, and perform at the National Theatre. 

Location:

Kampala, Uganda

Program Dates:

January 1-15, 2025

Faculty:

Deborah Damast, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Dance Education Program

Application Deadlines:

  • Priority Deadline: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 (admissions continue following the priority round deadline on a space-available and rolling basis)
  • Regular Deadline: Thursday, October 17, 2024

Find the application link and instructions on the "How to Apply" page

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