BA (Hons) Dance Bachelor's degree at Edge Hill University

Introduces you to a range of dance practices within historical western and global traditions and places them in their contemporary cultural context. Regular studio practice-based sessions will develop your physical vocabulary and broaden your understanding of different dance practices and ways of studying within higher education. Your experience will be widened through experiential anatomy and holistic approaches to the moving body. The module will emphasise the importance of being a responsive

Assessment: 70% Practical 30% Coursework

Introduces you to the creative and disciplined independent approaches to exploring movement and dance making. You will investigate the application of compositional tools and structuring devices, experimenting with contemporary dance practices and performance. You will develop confidence in your own creative voice and performance skills to empower you to effectively communicate your own choreographic work, including its intentionality, musicality, and individual qualities. The module places empha

Assessment: 100% Practical

Develops your skills in devising and creating dance as part of a collective and in collaboration with others. You will engage in the making, rehearsal and performance of a small-scale dance piece in conjunction with a tutor who will act as choreographer. Through the creative process of making a contemporary dance work, the module will help you begin to realise your potential as a dancer and performer. You will develop your compositional dance skills through response-ability towards problem solvi

Assessment: 70% Practical 30% Coursework

Surveys the key elements of dance, drama and musical theatre contexts and histories. While not intended to offer an exhaustive account of all performance histories, the module will highlight shared terminologies and practices, while also offering an introduction to appropriate modes of study, including research, performance and workshop skills. Key themes will include the nature of performance and how it is perceived, 'traditional' and 'non-traditional' crafting traditions, training processes, a

Assessment: 100% Practical

Introduces you to approaches to writing about dance. The module will hone your skills in observing, describing, researching and interpreting dance. Practical and theoretical approaches will combine to help you identify and discuss the work of key artists in relation to a broad range of dance practices, concepts and contexts. You will have opportunities to watch and write about live and recorded dance performances using a range of practical, observational and textual approaches to generate analyt

Assessment: 50% Coursework 50% Practical

A project-based module where you will be guided through the creation of a performative outreach project focusing on a range of community settings. This will involve the study of performance interventions, their histories and practices, and consequences and meanings. After studying a range of performance intervention projects in diverse cultural, social and political contexts, you will identify and devise an appropriate project for a chosen setting. Although you will not implement the project in

Assessment: 100% Practical

Introduces you to business planning and the development stages in business start-up. You will organise and evaluate theoretical perspectives in a practical setting, informing your future learning processes and outcomes. A key element of the module is a review of entrepreneurial skills and small business development through theoretical concepts of enterprise, self-employment and small business management. This module creates an awareness of emergent business types and their markets, the factors b

Assessment: 50% Coursework 50% Practical

Ideal if you want to learn a new language, or further develop your current language skills, as an integrated part of this degree. The module will be taught in an interactive, communicative manner, using authentic materials in the target language. Emphasis will be placed on all four areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening. You will play an active role in the classes, engaging in role-plays, short conversations, videos, authentic texts and listening materials. You will also be encouraged

Assessment: 85% Coursework 15% Practical

Examines the theories and practices of performance that are concerned with the dialogue between the body and dance practice. You will expand your knowledge, understanding and experience of the body in relation to studio practice and embodied research. The module will also examine why the body has been objectified in performance contexts. You will have the opportunity to experiment and develop your own personal approach to dance research. Underlying this is the principle that as you develop your

Assessment: 50% Coursework 50% Practical

Focuses on the practical exploration and interrogation of contemporary dance making as an interdisciplinary and collaborative art form. The module explores choreographic and creative strategies through a tutor-led production that is informed by focused studio practice. This will enable you to gain experience of contributing to the generation, analysis and refinement of creative performance. Relevant historical, theoretical and socio-cultural perspectives will be considered, and you will relate t

Assessment: 70% Coursework 30% Practical

Expands your creative and technical skills and helps you develop your individual creative voice. From an initial group focus, exploring dance practice in relation to a range of cultural and socio-political frameworks, this module offers you space to investigate your creative and contextualised ideas in the process of devising choreography. You will be encouraged to draw from insights observing processes and practices applied by key professional dance makers, as well as utilising research on the

Assessment: 70% Practical 30% Coursework

Explores, through embodied practice, a range of Western and non-Western dance styles and considers those in relation to the cultural contexts that produced them. This study provides you with opportunities to engage in creative experimentation with intercultural and interdisciplinary choreographic practice. The module facilitates discussions about the politics and challenges presented by intercultural contact and exchange.