Dance Theatre BA (Hons)

BA (Hons) Dance Theatre

Our programme will develop your technical and artistic ability, encourage versatility, individuality and creativity as a dancer, and build upon your inventiveness and originality as a choreographer. Armed with highly developed skills and knowledge you will be more than ready to face the challenges of a performance career in dance. See the success of our ex-students in our extensive alumni portfolio.

Daily, rigorous and challenging technical training will underpin your development as a versatile and resourceful performer and as a collaborative creator.

You will be able to develop skills and interests in related areas, such as visual design, health and kinesiology, sound composition and teaching dance technique. In your final year, you will pursue a particular aspect of your artistic practice in greater depth through a major independent project.

'The unique thing about Laban is its strength in teaching both performance and choreography, and its focus on developing the individual.'Matthew Bourne - former student and Artistic Director, New Adventures This programme will provide you with the technical, artistic and creative skills you need to embark on a career in dance in the twenty-first century. You will have numerous opportunities to perform and create your own choreography, and to work directly with leading dance artists. You will also be able to explore particular areas of interest, develop your individual strengths and reflect upon your own and others' dance practice.

EDUCATIONAL AIMS The programme seeks to: I prepare students to meet the challenge of a multi stranded career within the Dance Profession and to be the creators of its future II offer students extensive experience as performer and choreographer through intensive creative processes and regular performance opportunities III provide interaction with the profession through regular working opportunities with practising dance artists lV instate principles of safe practice as a basis of physical efficiency and longevity in the Dance Profession V develop students' understanding of how their technical expertise resources their creative contribution to diverse choreographic and performance contexts Vl provide a means whereby students engage with analytical and critical perspectives on dance and foster their capacity to reflect on their practice and that of others VIl make connections between strands of learning within a context of contemporary artwork and ideas VIIl foster the development of the student's individual artistic voice alongside the acquisition of skills lX facilitate the development of student autonomy progressively through the programme Programme Content Year One
You will enhance your understanding of movement and develop your technical and choreographic skills, leading up to a performance project at the end of the year. Developing frameworks for reflection on contemporary dance practice will be integral to your practical studies.
Year Two
You will continue your technical training in a variety of dance techniques while working creatively on choreographic and performance projects. Theoretical and analytical engagement with dance and its broader contexts will support your understanding of the art form. You will be able to choose specialised areas to study in further depth, and the placement at the end of the year will allow you to work within the professional dance world.
Year Three
Company-like experience of intensive performance projects led by visiting artists starts the final year. You will tour the created work and bring your choreography and technical training to a culmination with presentations in performance. You will also undertake a substantial independent project in an area of your choice. A degree show marks the end of your studies as a final year student. Assessment In Year One you will be assessed though practical tasks, performances, projects and presentations. In Years Two and Three, you will shape your own portfolio of assessments, with tutorial guidance, focusing on areas of strength and interest. Your final degree will be determined on the basis of your portfolio.