Course Overview
With a focus on contemporary dance performance and progressing into 3Fall Dance Company in your 3rd Year, this intensive dance training aims to prepare you for the world of work as a versatile dance artist and performer. You will be developing your own choreographic voice alongside working with professional choreographers who are both your regular tutors and visiting artists. In the past, 3Fall dancers have worked with James Wilton, Richard Chappell, Lila Dance, Kay Crook, and Ceyda Tanc. Dance technique is taken every day to build your technical foundations and strength with classes in contemporary dance – including classes on Cunningham, Limon, release, Classical Ballet, contact improvisation, somatic practices, and dance styles from wider contexts such as aerial and styles influenced from Turkish or other cultural perspectives.
Key Facts
- Full-time- 3 years
- Start Date- September
Entry requirements
- UCAS 96-112 tariff points from A levels or combination with AS / EPQ / BTEC/ Cambridge Technical.
- A-Levels- BBB-CCC
- BTEC/Cambridge Technical – DDD-MMM
- IB- 28 points
- IELTS- 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5
Careers
This BA (Hons) Dance Performance degree prepares you for a range of careers across the dance industry.
You could become a:
- Dance performer
- Community dance practitioner
- Independent dance artist (performer, choreographer)
- Dance company education officer
- Postgraduate student and researcher
Course Content
- Dance Techniques
- Performance Techniques
- Performance Project
- Choreography and Devising
- Choreography and Performance
- Movement Studies: Analysis and Awareness
- Examining Dance History
- Dance Technique (Level 5)
- Performance Techniques (Level 5)
- Composing Dances
- Repertory
- Preparing the Dance Artist for Work
- Dance Production (3Fall Dance Company module)
- Independent Project (Dance)
- Improvisation and Performance
- Choreographic Projects
- Teaching Dance Technique
- Interdisciplinary Arts Project