Bachelor of Arts - Dance (Honours)

Program Description As a Dance student at DMU you will develop technical and performance skills in a range of contemporary practices, deepen your understanding of dance and find your own creative voice. The course is intellectually and artistically demanding, offering daily dance class in contemporary techniques; ballet for contemporary dancers; fusion and improvisation; as well as Performance and Choreography (live and screen); Dance in Education and Community, Understanding the Dance Profession; Promoting Dance; Sustaining Professional Practice, and a Placement. In your second year, you may choose to personalise your studies in Dance: Choreography and Performance or Dance: Education and the Community, aligning your Degree to your career aspirations You will learn about dance from internationally recognised teachers and researchers in exceptional studios and facilities. Our dance graduates are creative, entrepreneurial practitioners who are able to respond to the ever-changing demands of the current dance profession. They are equipped to work successfully in a range of dance-related careers as educators, performers, choreographers and managers and producers. Reasons to study Dance BA (Hons) at De Montfort University: • Daily technique class includes contemporary, ballet for contemporary dancers, fusion and contact improvisation • Personalise your studies in Dance: Choreography and Performance or Dance: Education and the Community, aligning your Degree to your career aspirations • Enhance your employability through excellent links with local, national and international dance organisations and artists that enrich your experience, keep the curriculum current and reflect industry practice • 100% of our Dance graduates from summer 2017 are in work or further study after graduating, according to the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) 2016-17 report • Real life experience is offered though a placement module in your final year where you gain valuable real life experience in a professional setting • International opportunity through DMU Global gives you the opportunity to take part in an exciting international experience that will help shape your creative ideas • Recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts with superb facilities providing specialist studios and rehearsal spaces designed specifically for dance and performance learning activities