Dancing University
The Dancing University of the University of
Pécs is a unique initiative in Hungarian higher education.
The Dancing University was
founded at the University of Pécs in 2000. Its main aim was to create an
extraordinary leisure-time activity of high quality, which is
absolutely unique in Hungarian higher education. It is exercise and
entertainment at the same time, the courses can be taken as sports classes
or for credit and it also serves as a contact point for students and employees
of different faculties.
In 2005 the Dancing
University set the Guinness record of "The most people belly dancing
simultaneously", and in 2010 it reclaimed the title with 826 participants
dancing together at the event.
In February 2011
the PTE Dance Team was
founded in order to be able to perform in the most various dance styles.
Our
missions:
- provide a physical, psychological,
cognitive, social, and artistic activity for students and employees of the
University of Pécs, for citizens of Pécs, and for everybody interested in
dancing
- promote the positive effects of dance on
children, adults, and seniors as well
- involve people with the most different
cultural, social, or religious backgrounds in dance courses
- involve people with diseases or
disabilities in dance courses
- take part in scientific research to prove
the positive impact of dance on our health and wellbeing
