Dance (Joint Honours) (Hons) De Montfort University

Overview

Key features of the  Dance (Joint Honours) (Hons) BA course at De Montfort University

• Gain industry experience and contacts with daily classes from our extensive network of professional dance artists and companies.

• Our graduates go on to a variety of work and performance opportunities. Recent graduate destinations include a role as head of dance in a school, music video performances, and participating in Channel 4’s First Acts and Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival.

• Enhance your employability through excellent links with local, national and international dance organisations and artists such as Maverick TV, Akram Khan Company and Serendipity Arts. These enriching experiences ensure that the curriculum is current and reflects industry practice.

• Real-life experience is offered though a placement module in your final year where you can gain valuable knowledge with a professional organisation or artist of your choice, with support from a mentor . Students have recently worked with Moving Together, Fuelled Dance Theatre and New Art Club.

Graduate careers

• 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.