DSCTA alumna receives Erasmus+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree(EMJMD) scholarship

DSCTA alumna Dannah Joyce N. Piol was recently awarded the Erasmus+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) scholarship by the European Union. She will be pursuing Choreomundus - International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage at the Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) in France, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU) in Norway, Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem (SZTE) in Hungary, and University of Roehampton in the United Kingdom.

Dannah graduated BA Speech Communication, cum laude, in 2018. She was a member of the UP Speech Communication Association (UP SPECA) and the UP Streetdance Club (UP SDC), and was recognized as an honorary member of the UP Dancesport Society. She was part of the group that won the championship for the Crissa Campus Dance Synergy (College Division) in 2015, and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Ballroom Formation Competition (Standard Dance Category) in 2016.

Through the Choreomundus program, Dannah hopes to further explore the cross-cultural aspects of dance, and to learn how to deal with issues concerning dance as an intangible cultural heritage in different professional contexts.