Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts
Bachelor in Traditional and Folk Dance Studies
Kingston, Jamaica
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) offers a Bachelor in Traditional and Folk Dance Studies. This programme develops dance artists versed in Caribbean traditional and folk dance history, cultural context, and practice as means to cultural retention, social transformation, identity formation, and cultural literacy. It combines choreography, dance pedagogy, ethnography, performance, and heritage preservation to prepare students for work in performance, education, research, and community engagement.
Career Outcomes:
Career opportunities include: performer; dance educator; choreographer-director; cultural programme coordinator and arts manager; community arts facilitator; heritage officer and researcher; dance ethnographer; curator and policy specialist.
Bachelor in Traditional and Folk Dance Studies
Traditional and Folk Dance Studies pulls together the components necessary to facilitate the development of dance artists that are well-rounded in their understanding of Caribbean traditional and folk dance forms. This programme is primarily focused on cultivating individuals who are versed in the history, cultural context and practice of traditional and folk dance forms as a means to cultural retention, social transformation, identity formation and cultural literacy.
