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THE DESIRE FOR CHANGE & ACADEMIC INSTITUTES IN DANCE

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OBSERVING COMPLEXITIES IN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE Starting from the call for revolution in art education in the TEDTalk above, I like to address the need for revolution in education to higher dance education in the Netherlands for a moment. Under this expressed desire for new forms of education lies a question around the functionality of academies in contemporary society. How does this desire manifest in higher dance education? Are these questions valid for the dance academy? I will try to answer these questions by approaching the paradigm shift around institutionalization and the historical development of dance academies in the Netherlands. The institute knows many forms in society, but in general it resembles the organization of society, structured by functionality. A lot of arts/educational institutes subsidized by the Dutch government were originally founded after World War II to celebrate existing cultural values & to embrace freedom of expression for everyone (Docum