Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Contemporary Dance

University of Limerick

The BA Contemporary Dance programme is designed to develop your contemporary dance skills and knowledge of your dance practice, as well as to include other forms of artistic expression. As a student, you will be based at the world-class facilities of the Irish World Academy building, equipped to the highest standards with cutting edge performance and rehearsal spaces and technological infrastructure. You will also be able to develop your scholarly knowledge and enquiry around your discipline. Importantly, you will be introduced to various dance and performance approaches and scholarly traditions in order to gain new insights into the worlds of dance and the performing arts, enhancing your creative potential. You will also study a number of vocationally focused modules aimed at allowing you to translate your artistic and scholarly creativity into a fulfilling career. Students are ask to bring a curiosity, questioning and a reflective attitude that will enhance your pre-professional practice. Applicants will required to be proficient performers within one or more dance styles.This programme, with over 25 hours of physical training a week, will allow you to develop your performance skills alongside developing your scholarly knowledge and enquiry around your creative practice.