Dance

Designed by professional dance practitioners with industry integrated experience in musical theatre and acting, this degree combines training and performance with creative and academic workshops to help you develop the skills you need to become a versatile performer, choreographer or teacher. Based in our Performance Academy, a regional centre for dance and performance, you will develop your technical skills and explore a range of dance techniques and styles, with continuous training in contemporary, ballet, jazz and urban. Working in a simulated dance company environment, you will learn from course tutors with extensive dance experience and engage with industry to grow your creative skills and leadership abilities. As a centre for regional dance, our students benefit from strong links with local and national companies and practitioners. You will be encouraged to take up placement and performance opportunities and will work within a simulated dance company environment. In your final year you will lead your own industry-based project, presenting your work across the region. On successful completion of this degree, you can progress to a Masters in dance, or a related subject. If you wish to become a dance teacher, you can progress to a PGCE or alternative teaching degree. Alternatively, you can seek employment as a performer or choreographer within the dance industry

Course Modules

Year One: • Contemporary Techniques • Ballet • Urban, Jazz and Commercial • Performance • Understanding the Body • Transferable Skills • Choreography • Dance Appreciation. Year Two: • Contemporary Techniques • Ballet • Urban, Jazz and Commercial • Performance • Expanding Horizons • Industry Engagement • Choreographic Investigations • Dance Management • Dance Facilitation. Year Three: • Technical Development • Professional Practice - (Company) • Industry Portfolio • Research and Dissemination.

Students are taught through: • Practical technique classes • Creative workshops • Industry observations and placements • Seminars • Lectures • Classroom activities • Self-directed training, rehearsal and study. Students are assessed through: • Practical technique exercises • Performance of set repertoire and newly choreographed works • Practical and creative tasks • Academic essays and reports • Creative portfolios • Research and dissemination.