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BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance with Foundation Year

  • BA (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time including foundation year
  • September 2025
  • Undergraduate
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Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
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Course summary

Important Application Information
Whilst UCAS Conservatoires indicates that the deadline is 31st January, please note we are able to accept applications after this date. Please submit via UCAS Conservatoires in the usual way.

Programme Information

Our Foundation programme offers you an intensive year of contemporary dance study to help you prepare for undergraduate study. Students who pass the foundation year will automatically progress to year 1 of the BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance Programme at Trinity Laban.

Key Features:

  • Develop your performance skills through a dedicated practice-based programme of study.

  • Learn about current concerns, thinking, and methodologies relating to fitness, safe practice, health and wellbeing of the dancer.

  • Develop strong technical, creative and choreographic skills, while gaining an understanding of the analytical frameworks that support this development.

  • Learn about the diverse historical and socio-cultural contexts within which current contemporary dance work has been/is created and performed.

  • Benefit from a learning environment that nurtures creativity, innovation, reflection, critical thinking, and collaborative approaches.

  • Engage in new approaches to learning and creative practice.

  • Develop a respect for the viewpoints of others, and confidence to communicate ideas and contribute to critical discussion and creative enquiry.

Course details

Principal study options

During the application and audition process, you must select which instrument(s) you wish to specialise in for the duration of your course. On this course, you can choose from the following options:

Main specialism

Only one specialism is studied. It may be possible to study a further instrument, but this will not contribute towards the qualification.

Instrument/specialisms

For all courses, you must select at least one specialism from the 'primary' list. For those studying primary/secondary pathways, two instruments may be selected – one from the 'primary' list and one from the 'secondary' list. Joint pathway students may select any two instruments from either list.

Primary instrument/specialism
  • Dance

This course is closed for the 2025 academic cycle. Please contact the provider or view the 2026 courses.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time including foundation year • 4 Years

Start dates

  • September 2025

Apply by
29 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
203F
Institution code:
T75
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Foundation

Trinity Laban has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

This course is closed for the 2025 academic cycle. Please contact the provider or view the 2026 courses.

If you are an international applicant, or you are applying for a postgraduate course, or are choosing certain assessment locations, the 'on time' deadline may be later in the year - please contact the conservatoire directly.

Apply by
29 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
203F
Institution code:
T75
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

International applicants

We welcome applications from across the world and accept a wide range of international qualifications. For more information please see www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/student-life/international-students

Entry requirements

Select a course option at the top of this page to view entry requirement information.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.

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