Choreography, Dance and Film, Dance Journalism,
Dance Movement Psychotherapy and more. This
choice enables you to develop both creatively and
academically to access postgraduate study or
employment in a wide variety of dance and artsrelated
professions. This is also helped by the
option to undertake a placement in your third year.
We teach daily practical technique classes in styles
such as Release, Limón, Cunningham, Contact
Improvisation and Ballet to provide a foundation
from which to support your creative
choreographic voice.
Choreography is central to your studies and is
explored in a range of ways including solo and
group work, site-specific and mobile technologies -
with all student work being produced for public
performances every semester. There are options to
study abroad in Europe or North America or for
you to undertake a placement with a high-profile
dance company, arts organisation or educational
setting. You'll see a variety of nationally-recognised
dance and theatre productions in the ShowRoom,
our on-campus performance space. The
ShowRoom strives to support and develop a safe
environment where creativity can flourish, ideas can
be challenged and new work made.
DANCE STUDIES (TOP UP) BA (HONS)
The BA(Hons) Dance Studies is a one-year
programme that enables you to progress from a
Foundation Degree qualification to gain the full BA
award. You will be offered a selection of modules
that are currently taken by the BA Dance students
and will be guided by lecturers according to your
prior knowledge and experience. This will include
the Dissertation module together with a number
of choice modules that may include Dance
Technique, Dance Criticism, 3Fall Administration or
Technical Management, Teaching Dance and
Creative Practice, Choreography, Dance
Movement Psychotherapy, Body Politics and
Teaching Dance Technique.
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Why not come and visit us on one of our Dance
Open Days. You will have the chance join in a
practical dance class, talk to tutors and see the
Chichester campus where you will be studying.
3FALL DANCE COMPANY
Our third year undergraduate dance company, 3Fall,
is a touring company which has been established for
over 15 years and gives you a taste of what it would
be like to be in a professional company. It offers
performances and workshops in theatres, colleges
and schools around the UK and aims to give students
experience of performing in different venues whilst
also developing their teaching and communication
skills. Students audition to be part of the company
and, following an intensive rehearsal period, the
company tours in the spring of each year. Past
choreographers have included Victoria Fox (Jasmin
Vardimon Dance Company), Colin Poole, Gary
Lambert (both ex-Rambert Dance Company), Stuart
Waters (Motionhouse and Protein), Martin Lawrance
(Richard Alston Dance Company), Filip Van Huffel
(Retina Dance Company) and Ceyda Tanc Dance.
Alongside touring, 3Fall offers educational
workshops, which are led by the company members.
The workshops explore the current repertoire and
deliver technique classes which develop the students'
skills in choreography and teaching. Ex-members of
3Fall Dance Company have gone on to work with
choreographers and companies such as BalletBoyz,
Akram Khan, Replica Dance Company, AKA Dance
Company and Lîla Dance as well as performing their
own work in Resolution and other platform events.
www.chi.ac.uk/3fall
www.3falldancecompany.weebly.com
MAPDANCE
Our MA postgraduate company provides progression
for students on our undergraduate programmes to
continue to develop their technique, training and
performance skills. mapdance operates as a
professional touring company with dedicated making
periods with guest choreographers followed by an
intensive national and international tour. Celebrating
its ninth year, mapdance has firmly established itself as
an exciting company of young, dynamic dancers
recruited nationally and internationally, performing a
diverse repertoire by renowned and upcoming
contemporary choreographers. Artists to date include
Shobana Jeyasingh, the late Nigel Charnock, Liz
Aggiss, Lucinda Childs, Saju Hari, Ben Wright, Laïla
Diallo, Charles Linehan, Pete Shenton and Matthias
Sperling. Dancers from mapdance have gone on to
work with companies including Yael Flexer, Replica,
Anjali, Javier de Frutos, Commotion, Douglas Thorpe
and Shobana Jeyasingh.
www.chi.ac.uk/mapdance