On the presentation of the brand new Klaipėda College research program – and a graduate scholar from Gargžda

On Could 20, Valdona Mažeikyta, a graduate of Gargžda “Vaivorykštės” highschool, collectively along with her dance accomplice Justin Adomkus from Telšiai, had the consideration of presenting a totally new Klaipėda College (KU) research program, which might be accepting candidates from June 1 of this 12 months. Younger dancers turned witnesses of a singular historic occasion – the Lithuanian Sports activities Dance Federation (LSŠF) and KU leaders solemnly signed a cooperation settlement: sports activities dance, its spirit, is reborn at Klaipėda College.
Prepares dancers, coaches and academics
A big group of company and journalists obtained the presentation of KU’s new research program – Bachelor of Leisure Sports activities – with a specialization in sports activities dance, and the signing of a cooperation settlement between the Lithuanian Sports activities Dance Federation and the administration of Klaipėda College. The brand new college research program goals to coach skilled dancers, performers, coaches and dance academics. College students will dance professionally in normal and Latin American dances, and this program will present the mandatory educating {qualifications} to work as dance coaches or academics in mainstream colleges. After a 10-year hiatus, Klaipėda College goals to regain the championship spirit of sports activities dance and practice professionals on this discipline. For a very long time, Klaipėda College was well-known everywhere in the world by the legendary dance group “Žuvėdra”, skilled dancers have been skilled on the KU Academy of Arts. Since 2014, the legendary collective has been gone, and after the college reform, when the KU Academy of Arts was merged with the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, there have been no research both. Immediately, it’s reborn with pleasure within the port metropolis.
Factors for sports activities achievements
“New research applications seem when there’s a want. We noticed the necessity of younger individuals, they wish to grow to be specialists in sports activities dances and purchase a instructor’s qualification that may enable them to work in colleges”, stated Klaipėda College rector prof. Dr. A. Razbadauskas. The necessities for admission to the sports activities dance specialization are actually engaging: there isn’t a entrance examination, 0.4 aggressive factors are added for sports activities achievements. Throughout research, college students are supplied with good situations for sports activities, there is a chance to pay much less for research because of good sports activities achievements. College students have a good research schedule and a versatile session schedule.
“It’s a four-year bachelor’s program in leisure sports activities, and the sports activities dance specialization begins within the second 12 months, the third 12 months of research. When creating this program, we united each dance and sports activities specialists. We’ve got sturdy educators, medical specialists. Physiology, anatomy, harm prevention, psychology are additionally crucial on this program, all of that are built-in into the research program. We, the academics of Klaipėda College, are chargeable for these topics, and the Sport Dance Federation will develop the topics of sport dance”, stated Prof. Dr. A. Šarkauskienė.

Will present observe
After signing the cooperation settlement, Paulius Sangavičius, vice-president of the Sports activities Dance Federation, emphasised that the cooperation between the federation and the college is essential, as wider alternatives will open up for college students. The Federation will provide college students alternatives for observe and additional improvement. “We’re dedicated to offering internships for future college students. The federation is united by about 80 sports activities dance golf equipment, we actually have one thing to supply. The Federation organizes seminars, congresses for coaches and judges. Taking part in them is admittedly attention-grabbing and helpful, as a result of the lectures are sometimes carried out by pedagogues from overseas,” says P. Sangavičius.
The longer term might be linked with dancing
The younger dancers delighted the viewers with their dance, and Valdonė, a graduate of Gargždų “Vaivorykštės” highschool, didn’t disguise that she has been dancing sports activities dances since she was 5 years outdated. She and her accomplice Justin have solely been collectively for just a few months, however she hopes to not disappoint the coaches and oldsters. Dancers actually know that they wish to hyperlink their future with dancing, however they’re nonetheless contemplating what to decide on – dance research on the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Sports activities College in Kaunas or Klaipėda, the closest to the dancers’ properties.
KU rector prof. Dr. A. Razbadauskas could be very pleased with the brand new specialization beginning in September and hopes that the newly skilled professionals will make the college, Klaipėda and all of Lithuania well-known.
Dana LUKAUSKIENĖ