Choreography and Performance

Go higher with a degree built around you. This is a programme for dance professionals with industry experience who want to understand practice as a form of research.

Skills

Get the skills needed for an exciting career in dance.

This programme is designed for experienced professional choreographers, dancers, performance makers and interdisciplinary artists who wish to deepen their choreographic or performance practice through studio-based enquiry and research.

You will also gain a range of reflective and critical skills including:

• writing and documentation strategies
• advanced dramaturgy
• the capacity to understand your work and interests in broader political, cultural and artistic frameworks

Learning

Choose a course that fits how you like to work.

This programme has a flexible and supportive approach which makes it possible for you to strengthen your professional practices while working towards a higher degree.

• "Practice as research" is a growing focus for experienced dance artists, choreographers, and performers. Led by top artist-scholars, the course encourages inquiry through studio practice and research influenced by contemporary theory.
• Receive support in developing and presenting a comprehensive choreographic and/or performance portfolio, facilitating practice, reflection, articulation, and independent research.
• Benefit from strong connections with dance companies and creative organisations.
• Our campus, close to London's dynamic dance scene, features excellent studios, a new library, and a state-of-the-art theatre for dance students.

Careers

This course offers professional development for independent artists and choreographers.

Some graduates follow careers in research or teaching, or go onto further academic study such as a practice-led PhD.

You could go on to become a:

• Company Director
• Educator
• Researcher
• Arts Administrator
• Critic
• Dance Consultant
• Dance Therapist
• Arts and Culture Manager
• Event Producer
• Festival Organiser
• Curator