BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance with Foundation Year
48 monthsProgramme duration
22,520 GBPTuition Fee/year
31 Jan, 2025Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Introduction
Studying a foundation year in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban will develop your overall dance skills. You’ll experience an intensive practice-based programme, helping you prepare for undergraduate study.
You’ll develop technical skills by participating in a range of dance techniques including Release, Hip-Hop, Ballet for contemporary dancers, Dynamic Floorwork and Cunningham. Alongside this you will gain an understanding of how to use your body, learn the building blocks of dance creation and study the relevance of dance from a historical and social context. Towards the end of the year, you will develop performance skills by creating and performing two new works.
Key Features
You’ll develop strong technical, creative and choreographic skills, while learning about the diverse historical and socio-cultural contexts within the contemporary dance field.
During the year, you’ll learn about current methodologies relating to fitness, safe practice and dancer health and wellbeing.
The learning environment at Trinity Laban nurtures creativity, innovation, reflection, and collaborative approaches. This will develop your confidence to communicate ideas and contribute to critical discussion and creative enquiry. Through the Performance Platform Module you will have the chance to create and perform your work in an end of year sharing.
Those who successfully pass the foundation year can automatically progress to the BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance course. If you choose to continue your undergraduate studies at Trinity Laban, the BACD course will continue to give you the opportunity to work directly with professional dance artists to research, create, and present commissioned pieces of work. By the end of the 4 years of study you will have created and performed a wide range of challenging dance, acquiring the dance skills at the highest level to set you up for your future career.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Introduction
Studying a foundation year in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban will develop your overall dance skills. You’ll experience an intensive practice-based programme, helping you prepare for undergraduate study.
You’ll develop technical skills by participating in a range of dance techniques including Release, Hip-Hop, Ballet for contemporary dancers, Dynamic Floorwork and Cunningham. Alongside this you will gain an understanding of how to use your body, learn the building blocks of dance creation and study the relevance of dance from a historical and social context. Towards the end of the year, you will develop performance skills by creating and performing two new works.
Key Features
You’ll develop strong technical, creative and choreographic skills, while learning about the diverse historical and socio-cultural contexts within the contemporary dance field.
During the year, you’ll learn about current methodologies relating to fitness, safe practice and dancer health and wellbeing.
The learning environment at Trinity Laban nurtures creativity, innovation, reflection, and collaborative approaches. This will develop your confidence to communicate ideas and contribute to critical discussion and creative enquiry. Through the Performance Platform Module you will have the chance to create and perform your work in an end of year sharing.
Those who successfully pass the foundation year can automatically progress to the BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance course. If you choose to continue your undergraduate studies at Trinity Laban, the BACD course will continue to give you the opportunity to work directly with professional dance artists to research, create, and present commissioned pieces of work. By the end of the 4 years of study you will have created and performed a wide range of challenging dance, acquiring the dance skills at the highest level to set you up for your future career.
Admission Requirements
To study with us you’ll need:
Practical dance experience of one dance form
5 GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C) or a combination of 2/3 GCSEs, including English Language, 9-4 plus a BTEC First Diploma (Level 2)
Advanced GCE (A-level) or an AS GCE (AS-level) or equivalent, including level 3 Graded and Vocational Graded qualifications in Dance on the NQF/RQF e.g. level 3 qualifications of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD); Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) or BTEC National Diploma: Dance or a named Dance or Performing Arts pathway or combinations of the above level 3 qualifications.
Equivalent qualifications and/or relevant prior experience will be considered.
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
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