Dance (Commercial) at Bath Spa University - UCAS

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Course summary

This forward-thinking degree offers opportunities for choreography, performance, and working with visiting professionals. It develops your skills in dance for film. Taught at The MGA Academy of Performing Arts, BA Hons Dance (Commercial) provides an elite training environment. It offers intensive, rigorous conservatoire-style training in Commercial Dance for those aiming for professional dance careers. The programme allows you to embrace artistry, musicality, and versatility as a multi-faceted commercial dance artist. Delivered by highly skilled, internationally experienced professional commercial dancers and choreographers, BA (Hons) Dance (Commercial) will build your core dance techniques, explore choreographic practice, and help you develop as an individual creative dance practitioner. The programme is highly physical and intensively taught. A distinctive element of the programme is the broad range of professional performance skills developed:

  • Jazz dance (Mattox, Luigi, Horton)
  • Hip-hop and street dance
  • Heels
  • Aerial
  • Musical theatre jazz
  • Tap (British and American)
  • Ballet
  • Contemporary dance
  • Acting and singing
Supporting lectures and seminars cover other professional areas such as anatomy and kinesiology, historical and contextual studies, and entrepreneurship. The course has been specifically designed for dance students who require a diverse and flexible skill-set that merges disciplines with a strong sense of personal identity. Building on traditional dance genres, tutors will introduce hip-hop culture and dance techniques, past and present. You'll explore how this cultural revolution is continuing to thrive globally and how to find your place within it. Taught at MGA Academy of Performing Arts in Edinburgh.

Modules

Year 1 is focused on the development of the technical and intellectual skill required for Dance.

  • Commercial Dance 1
  • Ballet and Contemporary 1
  • Acting and Singing 1
  • Anatomy and Kinesiology
  • Critical and Contextual Studies 1
Year 2 is focused on building on the skills developed in year 1 and developing integrated performance skills.
  • Commercial Dance 2
  • Ballet and Contemporary 2
  • Acting and Singing 2
  • Performance Workshop
  • Critical and Contextual Studies 2
Year 3 is focused on developing advanced performance skills and advanced professional expertise in preparation for launch into industry.
  • Performance – Commercial Dance
  • Professional Performer
  • Entrepreneurship and Professional Studies
- Independent Research Project

Assessment method

Assessment tasks vary according to the learning outcomes. They can include group performance presentations, solo presentations, written assignments, and contribution to public performance projects.


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
MG12
Institution code:
B20
Campus name:
MGA Academy of Performing Arts
Campus code:
M

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Auditions are in person at MGA campus in Edinburgh. A member of the team will be in touch within two weeks of submission to take successful applicants through the process.


Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
Channel Islands £9250 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9250 Year 1

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Dance (Commercial) at Bath Spa University - UCAS