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Application & Requirements Master of Music Dance Correpetition

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Entrance Examination

Admission Requirement:
Bachelor of Music or Diploma

 

Language Requirements

For application: Proof of German language skills at least at level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
For enrolment: Proof of German language skills according to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The following language certificates are accepted:

  • TestDaF
  • TELC
  • Goethe certificate
  • UNI Cert
  • ÖSD certificate

In addition, language certificates according to the European Framework of Reference are also accepted by language schools that have recognized quality management certificates.
A list of recognized language schools can be found here
A list of recognized quality certificates for language courses can be found here

Students at the HfM Dresden who have received admission subject to proof of German language skills can take part in the language course offered at the HfM Dresden. Studies can only be continued in the second semester if the German exam at the HfM Dresden has been passed at the required level or, alternatively, a language certificate has been submitted according to the criteria listed above.

 

Video preselection:

A video file must be uploaded with the application documents. The video must be designed as follows:

20-30 minute video with

  • Presentation of a complete ballet scene from a classical or contemporary ballet of your choice
  • a piece or a small cycle from the piano literature with a dance character (e.g.: Gershwin: 3 Preludes, Schumann: Papillons, Prokofiev: Vision fugitives or similar)
  • Proof of mastery of the following basic dance forms: Waltz, Mazurka, Polonaise, Tarantella, Tango/Habanera, March, Minuet, Gavotte, Sarabande, Bourree (3 examples to be chosen by the applicant himself)

Please record the video from a fixed perspective (do not move the camera). You can use a smartphone or a professional camera to record. Please pay attention to a good sound. You can also record with microphones. You and your fellow players (if there are any) must be easy to see. Your hands in particular must be clearly visible (for piano and strings). At the beginning of the video, introduce yourself and say your program, looking at the camera. You have to speak German.

You can play each piece individually, and you can also cut between the pieces and the introduction. Please combine videos of different pieces into one video, if that is possible. Image and sound must be recorded at the same time, the use of a separate audio recording device is recommended.

Please address questions about the application video and the requirements for the entrance exam to the deans of studies Conducting&Correpetition.

 

On-site entrance exam:

If the submitted video was assessed as "passed", you will be invited to the entrance examination at the HfM Dresden. The entrance exam includes:

Part I

  • a complete ballet scene from a classical or contemporary ballet of your choice
  • a piece or a small cycle from the piano literature with a dance character (e.g.: Gershwin: 3 Preludes, Schumann: Papillons, Prokofiev: Vision fugitives or similar)

Part II

  • Proof of mastery of the following basic dance forms: Waltz, Mazurka, Polonaise, Tarantella, Tango/Habanera, March, Minuet, Gavotte, Sarabande, Bourree (3 examples are selected by the applicant himself, 2 others are chosen spontaneously by the admissions committee)
  • Proof of mastery of basic forms of accompaniment for classic exercise and modern dance training (3 examples are selected by the group itself, 2 are selected by the commission)
  • A larger free improvisation on a self-chosen musical and/or pictorial theme
  • Sight reading

(Total duration ca. 45 Min.)