Through several research assignments, the students develop skills in formulating a precise research question, that has a clear relationship to their own solo and group dance creations. Next to a focus on academic writing and research skills, the students are also prompted to develop their verbal articulacy.

The final artistic project for the Bachelor Exam presents an opportunity to integrate knowledge, skills, experience, interests and questions into an ongoing research throughout the final year. It consists of three elements: research paper, group choreography and solo choreography. 

Portfolio is an ongoing course from bachelor year 1 to 3 that provides students with tools to embrace, research and analyse their own artistic identity in relation to the dance field. Main activities are listening, reading, writing, discussing and visualising. Emphasis is on ways of defining, clarifying, and arguing their points of view. 

Through several research assignments, the students develop skills in formulating a precise research question, that has a clear relationship to their own solo and group dance creations. This embodied research practice functions as a pre- or post dramaturgy of their creation, situating it in the broader dance field and dance criticism field. In order to develop this, the students learn, next to defining a research topic, how to research it, how to structure the contents of their text, how to insert personal reflections in an academic writing style and how to quote, paraphrase and refer to sources. Next to a focus on academic writing and research skills, the students are also prompted to work on (live) verbal articulations of their embodied artistic research. These verbal presentations happen in contexts that require active listening capacities, as well as a capacity to take part in constructive critical feedback conversations.