Dance and Fitness

About this course

Bring together your passion for dance, performance and exercise science at Roehampton, and step into a degree that leads to exciting careers in dance, fitness, health and wellbeing.

With a strong focus on technique and performance, your dance classes will develop your creative potential, enhance your versatility and extend your physical capabilities. Alongside this, exercise science modules will deepen your understanding of anatomy, physiology and the biomechanics of movement, giving you the scientific insight to support and elevate your dancing.

Taught collaboratively by leading experts in Dance and Sport and Exercise Science, the course is aligned to professional standards set by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), giving you the opportunity to gain fitness and Pilates teaching qualifications throughout the degree.

Skills

This unique combination of technical proficiency and evidence-based fitness education equips you with the knowledge and skills to build a successful career in dance performance, fitness, community practice, dance for health or dance education. Designed to prepare you for the workplace, the degree opens pathways to a range of exciting roles across the dance, fitness, health and wellbeing sectors.

You’ll gain the skills to teach, to lead, to design training programmes and know how to maintain your own physical wellbeing in demanding performance settings. The combination of creative and scientific expertise will make you highly employable, resilient, and adaptable across sectors.

Career opportunities

As the course is aligned with CIMSPA professional standards (Gym Instructor; Personal Trainer; Working with People with Long-Term Conditions; Pilates Mat-Based Instructor; Exercise to Music), you’ll be ready to step straight into paid work while developing your artistic portfolio.

As a graduate of BA Dance and Fitness, you’ll be equipped for a wide range of roles across dance, fitness, health and the creative industries. Potential career paths include:

• Dance teacher, facilitator or movement instructor

• Mat-based Pilates instructor (CIMSPA-aligned)

• Fitness or group exercise instructor (CIMSPA-aligned)

• Fitness coach within dance-focused settings

• Conditioning instructor within dance companies

• Personal trainer (CIMSPA-aligned)

• Support roles in integrated dance–wellbeing–health practice or dance science

• Roles across the arts, events and creative industries that draw on your embodied expertise