Contemporary Dance

About this programme

Our three-year BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance prepares you for a life-long career in contemporary dance. You will have the opportunity to gain 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. 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.