{"id":12617,"date":"2025-11-28T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/magazin\/?p=12617"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:38:10","slug":"studierende-im-fokus-elli-deutsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/magazin\/2025\/11\/28\/studierende-im-fokus-elli-deutsch\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Students in Focus\ufeff: Elli Deutsch"},"content":{"rendered":"My name <\/b><\/b>is<\/strong> Elli Deutsch.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Stephan Polzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I study<\/b> in the Music and Movement Education\u2009\/\u2009Rhythmics programme with a specialisation in movement and contemporary dance. I\u2019m in my 9th semester in terms of the time I\u2019ve put in, and I\u2019m on track to earn my bachelor\u2019s degree by next summer. Whoop whoop!<\/p>\n

My favourite places at the mdw<\/b> are the movement studios on Rennweg, the University Library on the Campus, and the cafeteria (hot take: ours is the best of any university in Vienna\u2014I dare you to change my mind!)<\/p>\n

What do you wish you\u2019d known at the outset of your studies?
\n<\/b>That the stress and pressure I constantly put myself through were totally unnecessary\u2014and that it can be really fun to improvise using my voice. And in general, it was only as I progressed through my studies that I figured out what direction I wanted to go in, what areas I wanted to dive deeper into.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Stephan Polzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How would you describe your studies to an outsider in just a few sentences?
\n<\/b>It\u2019s all about the direct connection between music and movement, and it\u2019s an artistic and pedagogical programme of study that brings together artistic doings and training as a teacher at a deep level. We do a lot of work with improvisation in the most varied forms, with sensory, bodily, and spatial perception, and with creative expression as well as various group configurations and group dynamics. Those are the points I find most important, though I could list a whole lot more\u2014and descriptions of rhythmics and\/or our programme will probably always differ a bit depending on whom you ask. In any case, it\u2019s very practically oriented\u2014with small graduating classes and lots of mandatory onsite presence (which is both a blessing and a curse but ultimately very, very valuable).<\/p>\n

What should students in this programme definitely bring along with them?
\n<\/b>A huge desire to be creative, an urge to experience music and movement, and a bit of endurance. Everything else comes together as you study.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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