Dance & Choreography BA(Hons)
This outward facing course is designed to launch you into the world of dance, through exploring the twin strands of dance and choreography, and celebrating the uniqueness of you as an artist.
Key details
| Course Duration | 3 years |
| Attendance | Full-time |
| UCAS code | W511 |
| Location | Penryn Campus |
| Contact | 01326 254350 |
Introduction
You’ll benefit from the collaborative environment at AMATA, where you’ll work with students from across the disciplines and have access not just to dance studios, but to all our practice and performance spaces.
You will:
- Develop your physical and technical skills, and performance capabilities, while engaging with dance history, theories and contexts.
- Learn to utilise our extensive range of technical sound, lighting and recording equipment, to enable and realise your production ideas and visions.
- Benefit from AMATA’s year-round performance programme which attracts top artists and performers from all over the world.
- Build industry links through workshops, guest lectures and visits from celebrated international practitioners such as Company Chameleon, Ballet Lorent, and Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Co.
What our students do
What our graduates do
Our alumni have gone on to secure residencies, commissions and internships with Dance4, Dance Base, Yorkshire Dance, Motion Bank/Forsythe Company in Frankfurt, London's Jerwood Space, and Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York.
They've toured across the UK and Europe, made work at BIDE in Barcelona, the Edinburgh Fringe and Battersea Arts Centre, and received commissions and funding from Arts Council England.
Graduate's industry insights
Since graduating in 2016, Dance & Choreography alumnus Bakani Pick-Up has been featured as a dancer in a new music video, performed at prestigious venues and undertaken residencies with renowned choreographers.