Dance (Joint Honours) 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 (Joint Honours) BA (Hons)
This course is intellectually and artistically demanding and offers daily dance classes in contemporary techniques, such as ballet for contemporary dancers, and fusion and improvisation. You will learn from internationally recognised teachers and benefit from great facilities that have contributed to DMU being recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts, reflecting our commitment to excellent, innovative teaching and learning.
With strong industry links and opportunities to gain real-life experience, this course will prepare you for a range of dance-related careers as educators, performers, choreographers, managers and producers. Our graduates are creative, entrepreneurial practitioners who are able to respond to the ever-changing demands of the dance profession.
In your second year, you may choose to explore your career aspirations in more depth by specialising in either Choreography and Performance, where you will learn about performance and choreographic practices and develop technical and artistic skills, or Education and the Community, to gain a thorough knowledge of arts education and dance pedagogy. This second area of specialism is ideal for students who wish to pursue a career teaching and leading dance.
At DMU, you can study Dance and Arts and Festivals Management as a joint honours course, with 50 per cent of your modules taken from each course. Alongside studying dance, you will develop an understanding of running and promoting a venue, cultural leadership, arts and communities and engaging audiences.
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Curriculum
First year
- Dance Techniques 1
- Understanding 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 Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this course are creative, entrepreneurial practitioners who are able to respond to the ever-changing demands of the dance profession. They are equipped to successfully work in a range of dance-related careers as educators, performers, choreographers, managers and producers. You will also be equipped with business planning, engagement and delivery skills, which are hugely attractive in the arts sector.
Recent graduate destinations include a role as head of dance in a school, music video performances, participating in Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival, the South Bank Centre and the prestigious Ambassador Theatre Group and Paintings in Hospitals.
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.