Exchange studies in Dance Performance

Courses offered

SKH offers you to follow courses from the curriculum of the Bachelor's Programme in Dance Performance (year 2, semester 3 or 3 and 4). Find more information about the structure and content of the programme here.

The autumn semester 2025 includes:

• Dance, Practice and Theory 2a, 7.5 ECTS

• Performative Practice and Theory 2a, 7.5 ECTS

• Choreography, Practice and Theory 2a, 7.5 ECTS

• SKH Elective Course, 7.5 ECTS

The spring semester 2026 includes:

• Dance, Practice and Theory 2b, 7.5 ECTS

• Performative Practice and Theory 2b, 7.5 ECTS

• Choreography, Practice and Theory 2b, 7.5 ECTS

• Subject Specialization, 7.5 ECTS

Total of ECTS: 30 (autumn) / 60 (full academic year) 

Study period: 1 September 2025 - 18 January 2026 (autumn) / 1 September 2025 - 7 June 2026 (full academic year)

Main language of instruction: English

Study pace: Fulltime

Responsible unit: Dance

Application

The application period is 15 March to 15 April 2025.

You submit your application via the online application system Varbi. Please note that we only accept applications via Varbi and that we will not consider any applications from students sent by e-mail or regular post.

Submit your application here

Upload the following documents (in English) for your application:

• Transcript of records of your programme courses at your home institution completed so far
• Language certificate showing your level in English
• Letter of recommendation from a dance tutor or teacher at your institution
• Letter of motivation (instruction below)
• Work sample (instruction below)

Instructions for the Letter of motivation

Answer the following questions (maximum one page):

• Why do you choose to study dance at SKH and what are your expectations?
• What dance forms, choreographers or dance cultures are you excited about now, and why?
• Describe an experience of when and how artistic practice made a difference for you, for others or for society

Instructions for the Work sample

Upload or link to a video, 3 minutes in two parts:

• Dance a specific dance. This could be to dance a particular style or technique, a dance you are familiar with that comes from your personal archive, a dance that you have learned from somewhere else, for example, the internet or from a library, it could be a historical dance or a contemporary dance (duration: 2 minutes)
• Explain where the dance comes from and why you chose to dance this dance (duration: 1 minute)

Contact

For more information, please contact exchanges@uniarts.se