Dance and Movement Studies (Joint Honours)

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What is joint honours?

With joint honours, you can study for an honours degree in two or even three subjects. Find out more about joint honours, including what subjects you can combine with this one.

Why choose this course?

You'll be taught by lecturers who are already working in the dance industry, so they'll bring all the latest trends into their teaching and practice.
You can get real opportunities to put your skills into practice through work placements or community projects.
You'll learn in our fantastic new dance studio and have the chance to perform and work with déda - the Derby Dance Centre who offer a range of dance classes to enhance your experience.
You can combine this course with a range of other subjects, helping you to put yourself ahead in the job market by being more diverse to potential employers.

About the course

If you love dance and think it's played an important part in your own development, and you want to develop your skills so that you can work creatively with others, then this course is for you.

We'll encourage you to broaden your knowledge and experience of dance whilst giving you the support to develop in your area of interest. You'll build your skills in choreography and improvisation by working individually, and then moving on to work in small groups, and finally, you'll give a public performance in stage three. When working in groups you'll challenge and develop yourself and others, which is an essential part of your learning.

You'll also cover the social aspect of dance and how it can bring people together and promote inclusion.

During this course you'll also have the opportunity to explore the eastern beliefs of movement and apply it to your practice. The optional modules will allow you to study the structure and function of the human body; how humans develop creatively; the history of choreographic styles; research in dance and movement and also the opportunity to work in the community through placements.

We have strong links with déda in Derby city centre which is the only dedicated dance house in the East Midlands, so you'll have the opportunity to get involved in lots of community work. We've also built a fantastic dance studio to ensure you receive the best experience and environment in which to practice your skills in.

You can combine this course with one or two subjects as part of a joint honours degree, which allows you to keep your options open and study what you're most interested in. You could combine this course with subjects including psychology, education studies, theatre arts and English.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

Your career

This course will give you an interesting and creative path to a career in dance, which aims to suit your individual needs and interests. It can also be a stepping stone to go on to further study or training to become a teacher. You'll have good grounding to go on to study for our MA Dance Movement Psychotherapy course, which leads to registration as an arts therapist - an exciting and fulfilling career.

Some of our past students have gone on to great things and are working as community dance artists, dance movement therapists, art administrators, running their own dance organisations, and some have gone on to further study including masters in the science of dance, somatics and dance movement therapy.

Weronika Kawalek, one of recent graduates comments about the course saying:
"Tutors on the course were brilliant: knowledgeable, helpful and encouraging each student's individual talent, helping them to find the right direction in their dance career. The course at the University of Derby inspires many different aspects of dance, presenting it not only as a performative art but also as a therapeutic instrument and a way of expressing your deepest self."
Weronika also gave the student vote of thanks speech at our 2011 Graduation Ceremony. Watch her video.

What our students say

Danielle Hibbert, one of our current students.

"Coming from a predominantly urban dance background which involved no academia, I thought it would be a hard task in order to produce material that I, my peers and lecturers were satisfied with. However, at the University of Derby, you are shown how to break down the mechanics of dance into its purest form; movement. Additionally, how this movement can be interpreted and have a deeper meaning. I found this astonishing."
Danielle Hibbert, current student

"The dance part of my course taught me to use the skills that I already had and develop them to create my own style. It developed my confidence and identity. When I started, I had experience in Ballet, Character, Latin and Ballroom dancing but none were to an exceptional level. While studying here, I learnt that it is not always the technical aspects of dance that are important, you also need to understand how the body works and how dance can affect your mental wellbeing, as well as physical well being.

Studying at Derby, I got the opportunity to work with Dance 4 in Nottingham, as a student representative for the University. Here, my confidence developed further, as was my understanding of the entrepreneurial aspect of the arts. I have now gone into a managerial role in sales where I use the people skills that I learned here everyday. I am hoping to teach dance and drama in the future but firstly, I am going to experience different cultures and travel next March.'
Annabel Haigh

Start dates

If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:

September 2012

If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:

September 2012

UCAS code

Popular courses that can be combined with Dance and Movement Studies include:

Popular Music Production
Film and Television Studies
English
Marketing
Human Resource Management

Fees

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

Full time:

If you combine this subject with a classroom based subject it will cost £6,995 per year.
If you combine this subject with another resource intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £7,495 per year.

Part time:

You usually take 18 of modules in total for your course

Modules from classroom based subjects will cost £875 per module.
Modules from resource intensive subjects will cost £935 per module.
Modules from specialist subjects will cost £1,000 per module.

International students

Full time:

If you combine this subject with a classroom based subject it will cost £9,700 per year.
If you combine this subject with another resource intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £9,975 per year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

More information about our fees for September 2012 and the support available