Dance (Joint Honours) BA (Hons) at De Montfort University

This course is intellectually and artistically demanding and offers daily dance classes in contemporary techniques, such as ballet for contemporary dancers, and fusion and improvisation. You will learn from internationally recognised teachers and benefit from great facilities that have contributed to DMU being recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts, reflecting our commitment to excellent, innovative teaching and learning.  

With strong industry links and opportunities to gain real-life experience, this course will prepare you for a range of dance-related careers as educators, performers, choreographers, managers and producers. Our graduates are creative, entrepreneurial practitioners who are able to respond to the ever-changing demands of the dance profession.  

In your second year, you may choose to explore your career aspirations in more depth by specialising in either Choreography and Performance, where you will learn about performance and choreographic practices and develop technical and artistic skills, or  Education and the Community, to gain a thorough knowledge of arts education and dance pedagogy. This second area of specialism is ideal for students who wish to pursue a career teaching and leading dance.  

At DMU, you can study Dance and Arts and Festivals Management as a joint honours course, with 50 per cent of your modules taken from each course. Alongside studying dance, you will develop an understanding of running and promoting a venue, cultural leadership, arts and communities and engaging audiences. 

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Key features

• 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.
• DMU is recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts  with  great  facilities  providing specialist studios and rehearsal spaces designed specifically for dance and performance learning activities.
• Take part in our international experience programme,  DMU Global.  Our students have visited the University Dance Festival in Kiev, Ukraine,  and  performance venues in New York,  furthering their international outlook and  shaping  their  creative ideas.