Dance Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

## Course summary

### Reasons to choose Kingston

* Develop your identity as a dance artist through training, choreography, performance and experimentation.

* Join Kingston School of Art’s community of artists, designers and makers, and collaborate across disciplines.

* Explore contemporary dance, hip hop, dances of the African diaspora, classical Indian dance and improvisation.

* Build professional experience through placements, live projects, performances and cultural and community partnerships.

* Train in six professional-standard dance studios and a dedicated Studio Theatre in the RIBA award-winning Town House.

* Access London’s dance scene and study at a university rated TEF Gold overall, with Gold for student experience and student outcomes.

### About this course

Dance BA (Hons) at Kingston combines practical training with exploration, helping you develop as a dancer, choreographer and creative practitioner.

Learn through making, moving, performing and reflecting. The course welcomes varied dance backgrounds and movement vocabularies, encouraging you to explore new practices and develop your artistic voice.

Technique classes, workshops, collaborative projects and independent work will build your versatility and critical understanding.

### Expanding choreography

Explore choreography beyond the stage through screendance, site-specific work, movement direction, costume, design and interdisciplinary performance. You will investigate relationships between bodies, spaces, materials, technologies and audiences, developing independent projects.

### Dance within Kingston School of Art

Studying within Kingston School of Art places your practice alongside art, design and other creative disciplines. You can collaborate with students across KSA and access workshops, facilities and expertise for your projects. Explore connections with moving image, photography, sound, fashion and performance design.

### Professional practice and Future Skills

Professional development runs throughout the degree. Placements and professional projects offer opportunities to apply your learning, build networks and explore working life across arts organisations, communities and creative settings.

Kingston’s Future Skills framework is embedded in your dance practice. Through making, performing and delivering projects, you will develop creative problem-solving, collaboration, communication, leadership, digital competency, critical thinking and adaptability. You will learn to articulate the value of your specialist knowledge and transferable skills.

### Learning in London and beyond the studio

Kingston offers access to London’s dance and cultural landscape, including Sadler’s Wells, Southbank Centre, Barbican and The Place. External projects, performances and placements help you explore how dance connects with audiences and operates in cultural, educational and community settings.

### Career opportunities

Potential pathways include performance, choreography, movement direction, teaching, community dance, producing, arts administration, creative project management, performance production and postgraduate study.

The course helps you identify your strengths, gain professional experience and build a sustainable creative practice, with skills relevant across the creative industries.

### Example modules

* Creating Dance

* Professional Practice 1

* Creative Practice

* Hip Hop Performance Practices

* Dance Project

Modules may vary. Visit the Dance BA (Hons) course webpage for the current full list.

### Assessment methods

Assessment may include dance technique, live performance, choreography, screendance, digital work, presentations, reflective and critical writing, professional development activities and creative portfolios.

Practical assessments and portfolios capture your development as a performer and maker, providing evidence of your research, experimentation, collaboration and emerging professional identity.