Dance, BA - 2017/18

Our Dance degree is a three-year course designed to prepare you for entry into the dance profession as a dance artist. It develops your skills, knowledge and understanding of a range of dance techniques and styles, creative responses and ways of making dance and performance within a broad artistic, multicultural and international context. The new combined honours Dance pathway will provide opportunities for you to develop your interests and specialist areas in dance technique, choreography and performance. The Dance Education course enables you to learn ballet, contemporary, African, South Asian and aerial techniques and styles. The tutor team comprises published academics, dance pedagogues and industry professional artists and choreographers. This course is particularly tailored to developing you as a dance practitioner/artist. It has made links with local, regional and internationally recognised dance schools and companies such as The Royal Ballet School, Laban, The Avanti Project, Magpie Dance Company, Loop Dance Company, Cascade Dance Company and Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company. Top reasons to choose this course A wide variety of dance techniques are studied – ballet, contemporary Limon, contemporary Cunningham, jazz, African, South Asian and aerial High quality tutor team including practitioners, artists, performers, managers, choreographers, researchers and published authors Graduates could pursue careers as dancers or choreographers however to combine subjects may provide greater opportunities for students to develop as independent artists with portfolio careers