Dance BA (Hons)
De Montfort University
Key Information
Campus location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
36 months
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Dance BA (Hons)
With its strong industry links, this course will prepare you for a range of dance-related careers. You will also benefit from great facilities that have contributed to DMU being recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts, reflecting our commitment to innovative and excellent teaching and learning.
Intellectually and artistically demanding, it offers daily dance classes in contemporary techniques, ballet for contemporary dancers, and fusion and improvisation. In your second year you can choose to specialise your studies in performance and choreography or education and community.
Dance: Performance and Choreography is designed to give students an in-depth knowledge of performance and choreographic practices and develop their technical and artistic skills. Our successful graduates work as performers, choreographers, dance practitioners and producers.
The aim of Dance: Education and Community is to help students wishing to teach and lead dance to gain a thorough knowledge of arts education and dance pedagogy. DMU graduates have landed roles as teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary education and as community dance practitioners and project managers.
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Curriculum
First year
- Dance Techniques 1
- Ensemble Performance
- Choreography
- Exploring the Dance Profession
Second year
- Dance Techniques 2
- Performance Project
- Choreography for Live Performance
- Choreography for Screen
- Dance Contexts
- Teaching and Leading Dance 1
- The Healthy Practitioner
- Promoting Dance
Third year
In your final year you choose from a range of modules, listed below. This enables you to personalise your studies in line with your interests and career pathways.
Modules offered may include:
- Dance Techniques 3
- Dance Technique and Performance
- Choreography
- Dance Company
- Screen Dance: Concept to Production
- Teaching and Leading Dance 2
- Dance Research Project 1
- Dance Research Project 2
- Placement 1
- Placement 2
- Education and the Performing Arts
Program Outcome
Graduates also have the opportunity to progress on to postgraduate study such as the Performance Practices MA at DMU and doctoral research
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this course are creative, entrepreneurial practitioners who are able to respond to the ever-changing demands of the current dance profession. They are equipped to successfully work in a range of dance-related careers as educators, performers, and choreographers, as well as managers and producers.
Program delivery
Teaching and learning takes place in practical classes, workshops, performances, lectures, screenings, demonstrations, small group discussions and one-to-one tutorials. In your independent study time you will undertake research by viewing, reflecting, analysing, writing and in practical explorations.
All assessment is via coursework and includes classwork, presentations, choreography, written assignments and portfolios.