CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

 Hi everyone, i hope you are fine.Today I will talk about a very difficult and controversial topic: The curriculum of my career. Well, I studied “Licenciatura en Artes con Mención en Danza at Universidad de Chile”. The enviroment and the people are fantastic, but the career has serious problems in workload. The study day starts at 8.30 am and ends at 6 pm almost every day. I think that this career has unnecesary obligatory subjets like “Taller interdisciplinar y Cursos de Formación General” I don´t have complaints about practical classes because the dance requires a lot of practice. Another thing i don´t like is that the degree lasts 6 years without counting one year of specialization, I think that the first year called “Etapa básica” it is unnecesary too.

The faculty facilities are very precarious.The elevators fall down and are too old, the dressing rooms are not enough for everybody. However we have two giant dance halls and others smallers rooms.The problem is that there are so many courses, enrollment has increased and space is not enough. We use technology but not so much, because our practice does not require it.

The focus of our dance school is somatic, we learn Body Mind Centering (BMC), Bartenieff and others, besides having ballet and modern dance. The method is practical, we must practice a lot, it is tiring, but very entertaining, and the teachers are very loving and kind. 

I think it is necessary to improve the building and  reduce the workload

Maria Jesus Urquizar