Entry requirements
104 UCAS Tariff points, including minimum of 2 A Levels. General Studies is accepted
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Pass a named Access to HE Diploma (Preferably Performing Arts, Humanities or Combined), with at least 33 credits at Merit and/or Distinction.
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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
English and Mathematics accepted within as GCSE equivalent.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
English and Mathematics accepted within as GCSE equivalent.
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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Any subject is considered.
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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Any subject is considered.
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104 tariff points, including two Advanced Highers. English and Maths accepted as GCSE equivalent.
In combination with Advanced Highers
UCAS Tariff
Including a minimum of 2 A Levels. General Studies is accepted
Considered in combination
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About this course
Engage with cutting edge, contemporary performance practices in The House, our stunning new performing arts building. You'll experience an innovative and inclusive approach to dance training, and develop as a skilled, expressive dance practitioner able to work in different contexts and professional dance environments. We’ll nurture your creativity in performance and choreography and help you to develop a strong career portfolio as you study.
You will have the opportunity to perform with our graduate touring company, visiting schools and colleges across the country, mentoring young people; and experience workshops abroad with bursaries available to students. You will also enrich your experience at Plymouth with the opportunity to attend shows and performances by well-known practitioners and companies, both locally and in London.
* Develop a strong career portfolio with work-based learning and professional development opportunities that will boost your skills and expertise, and enhance your employability.
* 93 per cent of students agreed staff made the subject interesting; 87 per cent of students were satisfied overall; 87 per cent of students agreed staff were good at explaining things and 87 per cent agreed they got sufficient advice and support. 85 per cent were in work/study six months after finishing (source: 2016 NSS and 2016 DLHE survey results available on Unistats*).
* Perform with our graduate touring company, visiting schools and colleges across the country, mentoring young people; and experience workshops abroad with bursaries available to students to join lecturer Adam Benjamin’s Advanced Integrated Dance Training workshop in cities such as Vienna, Berlin or Bassel.
* Enrich your experience at Plymouth with the opportunity to attend shows and performances by well-known practitioners and companies, both locally and in London.
* Gain professional experience through intensive patterns of teaching delivery, production and technical rehearsals, giving you the same experience you’d gain with a professional dance company.
* Expand your performance skills through the department’s co-curricular training scheme and opportunities to perform with our Graduate Touring company to schools and colleges.
Modules
In your first year, you’ll focus on your dance training and choreography. You’ll explore, through practice, the relationship between performer, movement, sound and space. Practical sessions are supported by seminars and lectures in dance analysis and critical studies. You will widen your understanding of the elements that contribute to the identity of a dance work, and consider how major 20th century dance practitioners have contributed to the development of dance as an art form.
In your second year, you’ll focus on dance making and performance, engaging with new choreographic strategies and performance environments. You’ll consider how dance is influenced by, and reflects, the culture that produces it and have the opportunity to explore other cultural dance forms such as African dance. You’ll develop your collaborative practice, working with a company in residence, in preparation for student and professionally led dance productions.
In your final year, you’ll work more independently, pursuing your own research interests and choreographic practice. You’ll be developing your final degree showcase performance, and working closely with your supervisor in group seminars and practical tutorials to produce a research project that is completed as either a written dissertation or a practical piece. A strong focus on employability and work-based learning will prepare you for a variety of dance-related careers.
The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry.
Assessment methods
20% of assessment is by exam and 80% by coursework.
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