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Discover what 'Move your thinking' means for the Dance Studies Programme.
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Learn through, in and about dance in our range of taught and research programmes.
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Our staff are award-winning researchers, choreographers and educators.
Meet our staff![Dance student Chas standing outside in courtyard with plants, wearing white dress and pounamu](/content/auckland/en/creative/about-the-faculty/dance-studies/_jcr_content/par/frontpagetemplategri_0/par2/subflexicomponentfro/image.img.480.low.jpg/1680754825608.jpg)
Current students and Dance Studies graduates share their personal journeys.
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Dance Studies behind the scenes
Lecturer Sarah Knox shares insights on the Dance Studies Programme and their involvement in the University's latest commercial.
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Staff and students explore the impact of dance and the arts around the world.
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A meeting ground and project space for dancers, choreographers, performing artists and scholars, hosted by the Dance Studies Programme.
Event details![Dance student Philippa smiling](/content/auckland/en/creative/about-the-faculty/dance-studies/_jcr_content/par/frontpagetemplategri_956837256/par1/flexiyoutubefrontpag/image.img.480.low.jpg/1700664156665.jpg)
A student's guide to studying a Bachelor of Dance Studies
Watch Dance student Philippa as she shows you around some of our studios and explains what she loves about studying here.
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Associate Professor Ralph Buck and Professor Nicholas Rowe are the inaugural co-chairs of the UNESCO Chair on Dance and Social Inclusion, a world-first!
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Explore the specialised creative spaces available for Dance Studies students.
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Life in the Dance Studies Programme is documented by students and staff on our dedicated Instagram channel.
Dance Studies in action![Bachelor of Dance Studies student, Maisie Dunning holding a one-legged dance position](/content/auckland/en/creative/about-the-faculty/dance-studies/_jcr_content/par/frontpagetemplategri_557843128/par2/subflexicomponentfro/image.img.480.low.jpg/1700664167791.jpg)
Move your body, your thinking and your career in the right direction.
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