BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance

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.

Introduction
Our three-year BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance prepares you for a life-long career in contemporary dance by giving you the opportunity to acquire the technical, creative and performance skills needed to become an individual and versatile dance artist. Our graduates find work as dancers, choreographers, teachers, facilitators, directors and curators amongst many other dance related professions. The programme will also help you gain the contextual and critical understanding of how dance can shape and influence the wider creative industries and benefit society.

Key Features
Working with leading international dance practitioners you will engage in a range of performance projects. This involves the creation of new choreography as well as the restaging of existing repertoire investigating movement and dance in its historical, socio-political, and cultural contexts. Training in contemporary dance techniques including Hip Hop and ballet will further equip you with the finely tuned skills, flexibility and inquisitive mindset required to respond to the current developments within the artform of contemporary dance.

Over the three years you will collaborate across artforms and explore different creative modes such as dance in galleries, site-specific dance, dance film or community engaged dance. You will develop your own artistic practice and perform in your own and other students’ projects. You will participate in traditional and more experimental showcases aimed at specific audiences or the general public including your family, friends and industry experts.

You will be introduced to dance pedagogy in your first year and have the option to further specialise in this field in the second and third year. Electives, industry placements, master classes and an independent project in your third year will allow you to tailor your course to areas of your personal interest and will set you up for a successful transition into the profession.

• Reflecting on a range of creative processes and investigating movement and dance in its historical, social and cultural contexts will allow you to locate your own practice and to explore areas that interest you.

• As you move through the programme, major performance projects enable you to work with leading dance practitioners (members of the Trinity Laban teaching faculty as well as visiting dance artists) to create and perform a wide range of dance works. The performance projects in the first and third years of the programme involve the creation of new dance works whilst second year students participate in the restaging of historically significant repertoire.

• A substantial independent project is an important element in your third year and you can choose to undertake theoretical or practical research, leading to a written dissertation or the performance of a choreographed work.

• A degree show at the end of the final year provides a public showcase for work by graduating students.