Why study this course In the Foundation year you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. The course is a practice led and exploratory study of dance that will equip you with a range of skills and encourage your development as an individual practitioner and artist. With excellent facilities and professional expertise you will be immersed in a range of dance experiences and practices within a supportive academic community.
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Luton
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU
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Course programme
Modular structure Developing the ability to express yourself, whether in performance or choreography, verbally, in written form or through analysis and ideas is core to this course. You will explore technique, performance, choreography and improvisation, as well as critical thinking, teaching skills and project development as you become a skilled and entrepreneurial dance practitioner and develop your independent and individual creative style. You will use our professional facilities to explore developments in current dance ideas, explore fusions with digital technologies and work collaboratively with students in other disciplines, as well as making use of exciting links with regional and national dance and performing arts organisations. Our strong links with organisations such as: Arts Council England, regional and national dance agencies, dance development organisations, performance venues, professional dance companies, colleges and schools will add to your experience and future employability.
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Skills and experience gained The course facilitates the development of skills for inquisition and enquiry through creative and research methodologies. Students invest in compositional practices acquiring a comprehensive and varied set of improvisation skills and choreographic knowledge. Developing self-reflection skills is fundamental to professional and technical progression and experiencing a range of modes of performance and dance making underpins learning. All learning is contextualised through engaging in published theory and professional practice. Students critically analyse dance as a text in relation to their own and professional practice. Students can locate their creative and performance work historically, culturally and socially and communicate their understanding verbally, physically and in written form. Collaboration is crucial to artistic practice and effective participation in group work is required. Students articulate their awareness and understanding of the dance sector through their entrepreneurial practice. Students plan, design, create and deliver a range of artistic and entrepreneurial outputs and can discuss and evaluate the process. Students can debate the political and artistic movements that contribute to the evolution of dance. The professional theatre located on campus provides subsidised student tickets to professional performances as well as voluntary opportunities to work in the theatre. There are regular trips to galleries and theatres to see professional work throughout the year at national theatres such as Sadler’s Wells, The National Theatre, The Barbican and The Robin Howard Theatre. The department works proactively with the Partnerships team in the university offering workshops, classes and taster days to local school students. Our students have the opportunity to volunteer to deliver workshops, perform or...