Professional Dance BA (Hons)

**Passionate about dance and dancing? Our Professional Dance course allows you to perform, to create, to inspire. Challenge the boundaries of physical expression through a dynamic studio-based learning experience.**<br/><br/>Our primary dance course at Chester - BA Professional Dance - invites you to acquire strong performance, emotive ability, refined technique, and choreographic skills, underpinned by a critically informed approach to current dance trends within the media and technology. Our students learn to perform, create, and teach dance in diverse professional settings.<br/><br/>Our collaborative, practical approach with dynamic experimentation invites dancers to expand their expertise in a range of styles, including contemporary, global and commercial dance, community work, screen dance, and choreography. Our dance students can find exciting routes through a dynamic range of specialist modules to best support their future career.<br/><br/>The Professional Dance course is led by expert and highly motivated professionals, and the supportive and nurturing environment encourages the development of each individual dancer. You will study in a hands-on learning environment with excellent subject-specific studios for rehearsal and practice. There are opportunities to present and perform work as well as develop dance teaching skills. Due to our close partnerships with professional dance artists and companies, graduates have gone on to work with companies throughout Europe and the UK, and also to secure Arts Council funding to create their own work.

Join a university with a real focus on making you not just ‘work ready’, but ‘World Ready’. With expert teaching alongside built-in work placements and industry links, courses are closely aligned to the real world, enabling you to graduate a step ahead, connected to a network of contacts. <br/><br/>Outside the classroom, you’ll have a comprehensive support package to help you gain self-worth and resilience, so you can contribute to society on a local, national and global level. There’s a wealth of opportunities to boost your CV; volunteer in the community, take a free language course, enhance your digital skills, work part-time and earn while you learn, and get involved with Chester Students’ Union.<br/><br/>Beautiful and packed with history, Chester is a bustling 21st century city balancing big name shopping, eating and living with an eclectic independent scene. It has a safe and thriving nightlife too. <br/><br/>Join a friendly and inclusive community that shares your ambition and Get World Ready – apply now!