Professional Dance and Musical Theatre

Our Urdang BA (Hons) Professional Dance and Musical Theatre degree is a Triple Threat degree equipping you with skills highly regarded in the performing arts industry, including musicals (West End and touring), dance companies, television, theatre and education.

As part of your study with us you’ll enjoy a variety of performance opportunities, including dance productions, musicals and off site showcases. This includes the opportunity to take part in full-length public productions of musicals, an agent/industry showcase and the annual Summer Show.

Choose your specialism from year 2 with our 3 track pathways: Triple Threat, Singing/acting and dance based focuses.

Benefit from working with professional performers working in the field, sharing their expertise, guidance and networks.

Keep your training up to date and meeting industry expectations with Urdang’s links with practising professionals, choreographers and directors.

Train in a professional environment, preparing you for a range of performance-related careers.

Urdang Students have gone on to work in the West End, national and international theatre, TV and feature films, as choreographers, and dancing for major arena tours.

You can find extensive information about the modules you can expect to study on this course on our website:
https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/undergraduate/professional-dance-and-musical-theatre

Each module is assessed independently and methods may include:

• end-of-semester exams
• written assignments and project reports
• oral and poster presentations
• class tests
• practical and performance assessments.

The first year of assessments are mostly by guided and set assessment questions and tasks. Over time this develops to tailored and to independent assessment in project and practical work.