The Department of Contemporary Dance at UGD is led by the Dean of the Film Academy, Full-time Professor, Risima Risimkin, PhD. This study program opened in September 2017.

From October 2021 Skopje/Shtip Dance Academy at the Goce Delchev University, which otherwise operates in Skopje and is run by full-time Professor Risima Risimkin, PhD, will start with Master’s Degree in Contemporary Dance Choreography and Education, one-year or two-year program, depending on previous education.

The UGD Contemporary Dance Department, led by Full-time Professor PhD Risima Risimkin, opened in September 2017 as part of the Film Academy. This program was brought to Macedonia through the Intertart Cultural Center, which in 2008 signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Rotterdam Dance Academy at CODARTS University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.