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BA (Hons) Dance Theatre
So you want to be a professional dancer or choreographer? Our BA (Hons) Dance Theatre Programme provides a rigorous yet rewarding technical training combined with choreographic work and performance experience, to help you fulfil this ambition.
Our programme will develop your technical and artistic ability, encourage versatility, individuality and creativity as a dancer, and build upon your inventiveness and originality as a choreographer. Armed with highly developed skills and knowledge you will be more than ready to face the challenges of a performance career in dance. See the success of our ex-students in our extensive alumni portfolio.
Daily, rigorous and challenging technical training will underpin your development as a versatile and resourceful performer and as a collaborative creator.
You will be able to develop skills and interests in related areas, such as visual design, health and kinesiology, sound composition and teaching dance technique. In your final year, you will pursue a particular aspect of your artistic practice in greater depth through a major independent project.
Matthew Bourne - former student and Artistic Director, New Adventures
This programme will provide you with the technical, artistic and creative skills you need to embark on a career in dance in the twenty-first century. You will have numerous opportunities to perform and create your own choreography, and to work directly with leading dance artists. You will also be able to explore particular areas of interest, develop your individual strengths and reflect upon your own and others’ dance practice.
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Validated by City University London
All UK and EU students on the BA (Hons) Dance Theatre are eligible for the same level of Government support as students studying at any UK university, see funding information.
In Year One you will be assessed through practical tasks, performances, projects and presentations. In Years Two and Three, you will shape your own portfolio of assessments, with tutorial guidance, focusing on areas of strength and interest. Your final degree will be determined on the basis of your portfolio.
Follow the link to download the programme specifications
In 2009/10 the UK/EU fee for the first year of the BA (Hons) Dance Theatre programmes is £3,225. For the period of this agreement, the undergraduate fee level will increase annually by not more than the rate of inflation, or as specified from time to time by the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills if this differs from indexation.
No full-time UK or EU undergraduate student commencing their programme from September 2010 will have to pay fees before they begin their studies or whilst they are studying. Students will repay these fees once they have left and are earning over £15,000 per annum.
Full details of the new arrangements are available at www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
Follow the link to download the programme fees
Entry is via an audition, where you will need to demonstrate the commitment and potential required to study dance to professional level, and normally you will have previous dance experience. You should be curious, willing to be challenged, be open to new ideas, be mature in your approach to study and have an enthusiasm for the physical demands of intensive dance training.
In addition, normally you should hold qualifications appropriate for entry to university/degree level study in higher education. For overseas candidates, International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, Abitur and Gymnasium are recognised. English Language competency requirements also apply
The BA Hons Dance Theatre is validated by City University London and is accredited as a vocational training programme by the Council for Dance Education and Training (CDET)
The UK Audition dates for 2010 are:
5 + 7 + 8 January
16 + 18 + 19 February
13 + 15 + 16 April
Overseas auditions dates
Year One
You will enhance your understanding of movement and develop your technical and choreographic skills, leading up to a performance project at the end of the year. Developing frameworks for reflection on contemporary dance practice will be integral to your practical studies.
Year Two
You will continue your technical training in a variety of dance techniques while working creatively on choreographic and performance projects. Theoretical and analytical engagement with dance and its broader contexts will support your understanding of the art form. You will be able to choose specialised areas to study in further depth, and the placement at the end of the year will allow you to work within the professional dance world.
Year Three
Company-like experience of intensive performance projects led by visiting artists starts the final year. You will tour the created work and bring your choreography and technical training to a culmination with presentations in performance. You will also undertake a substantial independent project in an area of your choice. A degree show marks the end of your studies as a final year student.
Follow the link to download the application form
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| Undergraduate Visiting Days |
Interested in studying the BA (Honours) Degree in Dance Theatre next year?
Get a taste of Laban at one of our Undergraduate Visiting Days
View a class, tour the building, talk to teachers.
Places are limited so book early.
For details and to secure your place contact:
Maggie Kelly at Laban on
+44 (0)20 8691 8600 or m.kelly@laban.org |
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