University of Ghana Dance Department

In 1963, the Government of Ghana encouraged dance activities to function as a vital experience in the lives of Ghanaians – hence the introduction of Dance studies in the general education programme at the
university level. A solid university education especially, with regards to dance, must be one that provokes thought processes and educates individuals broadly about the world. It must also equip individuals with a continuing capacity for creative and critical analysis (thinking), and reasoning (imagination) over a lifetime. Additionally, a solid university education must also encompass the reality of today’s world, not so much in terms of training, which many call for, but rather, in terms of the readiness that students need and must have to participate in the economic and social environments of their world after university work.
The Department of Dance Studies evolved in the year 1977, when the then School of Music and Drama changed its name to School of Performing Arts, and has continued to showcase all that is best in African and world performance Music and scholarship.

University of Ghana Dance Department

The Department of Dance Studies continues to offer programmes in African dance and related fields.
Programmes lead to a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree, four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, and a two-year Diploma in Dance Studies. A master of Fine Arts and Master of Philosophy are available under the post-graduate programme of the Department of Theatre Arts for the benefit of students interested in combined studies of dance and drama.
The Department’s teaching and research programmes are developed from four central concepts of appreciation, choreography, performance and documentation.
The Department of Dance Studies, under the School of Performing Arts, has gained wide acceptance as the promoter of a valuable educational discipline and has accomplished a lot including in the International Exchange Programmes of the University of Ghana. The breadth of faculty and students is normally equalled to major universities’ dance programmes in the world. The Department is a member of the International Association of Blacks in Dance. The Department of Dance Studies teaches approximately 600 Ghanaian students and 150 foreign students in a year. The Department has 9 full-time Lecturers.

University of Ghana Dance Department Admissions

For a comprehensive admission requirement please see the admission requirements for schools in Ghana

University of Ghana Dance Department Programs

Bachelor of Fine Arts