Dance

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programs: 3
institutions: 3

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Where to study it

College (state-funded)1

The Jerusalem Academy of Music and DanceDanceBachelor of Dance (B.Dance)Jerusalem region4 yrsPeriphery 44 grant — a contribution to first-year tuition

College of education2

“Orot Israel” Academic College of Education, established by Orot Israel College and Moreshet Yaakov CollegeMulti-Age Track: Dance (Dance and Movement) (kindergarten–12th grade)Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)Tel Aviv region
Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the ArtsMulti-Age Track: Dance and Movement (grades 1–12)Bachelor of Dance Education (B.Ed.Dance)Tel Aviv regionNo psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 80 or more

What you study

The degree provides practical and theoretical training for dancers, choreographers, and teachers, with exposure to a wide range of topics related to the world of dance in performance, teaching, and creation. The degree offers 2 options: a dance department and a movement department. The dance department provides opportunities to gain experience in a variety of dance styles, movement, composition and improvisation, choreography, martial arts, and the Feldenkrais Method. The movement department focuses on developing and providing a range of tools for understanding the body and its movement and broadening the boundaries of thought in ways that are not bound by traditional concepts of dance.

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

After the degree

What graduates work as

Teaching Art Outside the Education Systemmost commonTeaching the theory, practice, and performance of dance, drama, visual art, and other arts outside regular educational institutions, as well as providing private lessons to individuals or small groups in collaboration with educational institutions.
Teaching in secondary schoolTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.

Graduates’ salaries are below average 7,900 ₪ average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across all institutions)

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

In short, in plain words

Dance studies include practical and theoretical training for dancers, choreographers, and teachers.

You can study in the Dance Department, which covers different dance styles, choreography, and improvisation, or in the Movement Department, which focuses on understanding the body and its movement.

Graduates of the field teach dance outside the education system.

A plain-words retelling of the Avodata data

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

Admitted students and graduates — by type of institution

average across colleges

Program length: 4 years
Average bagrut score of admitted students: 96 points
Average psychometric score: 550 points

average across all institutions

Program length: 4 years
Average bagrut score of admitted students: 96 points
Average psychometric score: 550 points

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il“colleges” tabchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

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