Dance
De Montfort University
UCAS Code: W500 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
De Montfort University
UCAS Code: W500 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
112 UCAS points from at least two A-levels or equivalent
Access to HE Diploma
Pass QAA Access to Higher Education course with at least 30 level 3 credits at Merit. We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
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**Rigorous artistry:** elevate your artistry through a diversity of practices. Dive into daily dance classes in contemporary, ballet for contemporary dancers, commercial-based practices, improvisation, contact improvisation and African dance classes. Performance opportunities are woven into the fabric of our curriculum, allowing you the opportunity to create live, digital and site-based dance, supported by a team of professional technicians.
**Industry-focused:** our extensive industry connections offer a window to the global dance community. Collaborate with national and international organisations, engage with local communities and gain wisdom from visiting lecturers and renowned artists. Tailor your path towards performance, education, choreography, or digital dance to pursue your passions and shape your ambitions.
**A legacy of excellence:** benefit from cutting-edge facilities that have earned us recognition as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts. Our unwavering commitment to innovative teaching and learning ensures you receive an industry and career focused education.
**Key features**
* DMU stands tall as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts. Offering cutting-edge facilities that cater specifically to dance and performance activities, our specialist studios and rehearsal spaces are designed to elevate your learning experience.
* Gain invaluable industry exposure through our strong ties with local, national, and international dance organizations and renowned artists such as FABRIC, People Dancing, One Dance UK, and Serendipity Arts.
* DMU proudly boasts Akram Khan MBE, a world-renowned choreographer and our esteemed alumnus, as our Chancellor. This reflects our unwavering commitment to championing the performing arts. Graduates had the unique opportunity to speak to Akram Khan after graduation.
* Through placements and industry-focused projects, our students have collaborated with organisations like Akram Khan Company, Moving Together, Extended * Play Dance, Vanhulle Dance Theatre and New Art Club. This hands-on experience prepares you for the dynamic world of dance.
* Benefit from the cutting edge research and practice carried out by Dance staff in the Research Institute of Drama, Dance and Performance Studies Research.
* Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.
Modules
**First year**
Block 1: The Responsive Dancer
Block 2: Rethinking Dance
Block 3: Space, Place and Connections
Block 4: Ensemble Performance and Production
**Second year**
Block 1: Style, Production and Artistry
Block 2: Applying Your Practice: Dance Artists, Communities and Education
Block 3: The Healthy Practitioner: Wellbeing and Self-management
Block 4: Digitising Your Artistic Voice
**Third year**
Blocks 1 and 2: Select two from the list below:
Facilitating Practice: Teaching and Leading Dance
Industry practice: Choreography, Performance and Producing
Personal Research Project
Block 3: Select one from the list below:
Professional Practice: Moving into Industry
Creative Media in Performance
Block 4: Dance Festival
Assessment methods
**Overview**
Teaching takes place through practical classes, seminars, workshops, discussions, tutorials, rehearsals, theatre and community visits, screenings, and performances. Learning through practice is essential to this course and you will engage in active, experiential and reflective learning throughout.
There is a varied mix of assessment to develop a range of skills including solo and group choreography and performance work, solo and group presentations, teaching practice, class work, viva voces, blogs, portfolios, marketing packs, action plans, and reflective and evaluative essays.
We have one of the largest teams of dance staff in the UK and, as they are practising artists and researchers, you can be assured of keeping up-to-date with current research and trends in dance. Our excellent teaching and research was acknowledged when DMU was designated a Centre for Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Performance Arts.
Our academic dance staff have international reputations for performance, choreography, research and innovative teaching. World-renowned choreographer and former student, Akram Khan MBE, has acknowledged the "inspirational teaching" he experienced at DMU.
Dance staff work closely with local, national and international dance organisations including Fabric (formerly Dance4) and People Dancing. We also enjoy close links with artists and professional organisations, such as the Akram Khan Company, New Art Club, Moving Together and Serendipity Arts who have offered students work experience and internships.
**Contact hours**
In your first year you will normally attend around 15 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures and tutorials) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 22 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.
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