''Liceo musicale e coreutico'' (literally "musical and choreutic lyceum") is a type of secondary school in Italy. It is specifically devoted to

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

and

dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

related topics.Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 89/2010 - ''Regolamento di revisione dei licei''. Availabl
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Retrieved 14 December 2011. Students can attend the ''liceo musicale e coreutico'' after successfully completing ''scuola media'' (

middle school Middle school, also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school, is an educational stage between primary school and secondary school. Afghanistan In Afghanistan, middle school includes g ...

). The curriculum is devised by the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

, and emphasises the link between

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

, and

. It covers a complete and widespread range of disciplines.Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 89/2010, Appendix F - ''Regolamento di revisione dei licei, Allegato F''. Availabl
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Retrieved 14 December 2011. Students typically study for five years, and attend the school from the age of 14 to 19. At the end of the fifth year all students sit for the '' esame di Stato'' ("state exam"), a final examination which gave access to every university course. A student attending a ''liceo'' is called "''liceale''", although the more generic terms ''studente'' (male) and ''studentessa'' (female) are also in common use. Teachers are known as ''professore'' (male) or ''professoressa'' (female).

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{{Reflist Education in Italy School types

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