Performance and Visual Art (Dance) BA(Hons)

  • Overview

    This course will encourage you to explore the relationship between dance and visual art and the creative possibilities of screen dance, visual performance and installation art. Students on this course benefit from working alongside music and theatre students and being part of an internationally recognised performance culture here in Brighton.

    Course duration Help

    Full-time: 3 years

    UCAS code W5W1

  • Course content

    Course structure

    The first year of study introduces a variety of approaches to dance performance and visual art. You will explore ways to devise choreographed movement for the body and investigate contemporary art practices focusing on the function, form and aesthetic nature of the human body. These include practices in dance performance, screen dance and a broad range of areas within the field of visual art. You will develop visual research skills through experiments in drawing, photography and video as well as workshops in improvisation and choreographic practices.

    In year 2 we expect you to present your work within public contexts and there will be opportunities to focus on a specific site where the traditions of visual art and live performance meet. Areas of interdisciplinary study may include relations between the live and the static, the expanded duration in performance, the emergence of video dance and installation practices.

    Year 3 develops independent practice through the preparation and documentation of a major practical piece informed by a written research project. Final degree work includes performance, exhibition or site-specific presentations. For more information and examples of student work visit http://arts.brighton. ac.uk/pava.

    Areas of study

    Throughout the course you interrogate ideas and concepts through practical experiments, which are underpinned by lectures and seminars in contextual and critical studies. These provide a broad cultural and historical mapping of dance, performance and visual art.

    Syllabus

    Year 1
    Contextual and Critical Studies
    Orientation Performance Practice
    Screen-based Performance Practices
    Modules include Visual Research
    Performance and Visual Documentation
    Site-specific Performance

    Year 2
    Self-Initiated Research for Public Presentation
    Public Presentation and Transition to Year 3 Contextual and Critical Studies
    Extension studies

    Year 3
    Independent project (research and development of proposal)
    Contextual and Critical Studies
    Professional Practice and Career Strategies
    Independent project (presentation)

  • Entry requirements

    Typical entry requirements Help
    individual offers may vary

    A-levels:
    not normally sufficient without a subsequent foundation diploma. However, where A-levels and portfolio provide sufficient grounding, grades BBC apply (280 points in the UCAS tariff).

    ND/C (Level 3):
    DMM.

    International Baccalaureate:
    individual assessment.

    QAA-approved access course:
    individual assessment. Subject-specific units preferred.

    GCSE (minimum grade C):
    a good profile.

    Foundation degree/HND
    direct to year 2 for suitable candidates. HNC not suitable.

    For non-native speakers of English:
    IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing.

    Other:
    Art and Design Foundation Diploma or equivalent. Interview and portfolio review. Applicants are considered from a diverse range of prior visual and performance learning.

  • Location

    Location Help Grand Parade

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  • Career opportunities

    Professional practice studies will help you to identify career paths. Graduates enter the arts and media industries as independent performance and visual art practitioners and choreographers. Many of our graduates progress to postgraduate study with us at the university (eg Arts and Cultural Research MRes) or further studies outside of the university, as well as careers in teaching and research.

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  • Fees and costs

    The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2012-13. Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

    The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

    What's included in the fee?

    When costs such as health or criminal record checks, field trips or use of specialist materials are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course they are included in your tuition fee.

    You may incur additional costs depending on the optional modules or activities you choose. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. Before you apply please check with the school that provides your course using the contact details on the left of this page for advice about what is included and what optional costs you could face so you can budget accordingly.

    Our website www.brighton.ac.uk/money provides advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee paying status.

    BA Hons Performance and Visual Arts (Dance)  [H2EA019]
    UK/EU (Full Time)9,000 GBP
    Island Students (Full Time)9,000 GBP
    International (Full Time)12,500 GBP

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