BA Dance
About this course
BA (Hons) in Dance, a dance degree focused on creative practice, choreography, and performance. Core topics include Research Methods and Ethics & Professional Practice. Students can undertake a professional placement year or complete the standard three-year full-time route. The first year establishes fundamental technical and choreographic abilities through modules such as The Responsive Dancer, Ensemble Performance and Production, Space, Place and Connections, and Rethinking Dance. The second year builds artistic and contextual understanding via Style, Production and Artistry, The Healthy Practitioner: Wellbeing and Self-management, Applying Your Practice: Dance Artists, Communities and Education, and Digitising Your Artistic Voice. The final year involves industry preparation and public presentation through modules like Professional Practice: Moving into industry and Dance Festival, alongside a selection of optional modules.
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Entry requirements
UCAS points: 112 A Level: BBC BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM Contextual Offer: DMU operates a generous contextual offer for students from underrepresented backgrounds in Higher Education. This is a minimum of one to two grade reduction from our typical offer and full details including eligibility criteria can be found at dmu.ac.uk/contextual T Levels: Merit Access to HE: Pass with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit International Baccalaureate (IB): 26 GCSEs: 5 x GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English and Maths If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 67%: 179 offers from 269 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 23 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 88%
- Academic support: 96%
- Organisation and management: 90%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 35 students who started
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 18 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 25%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 25%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 65%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 190 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 6%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 34%
- West Midlands: 14%
- East of England: 6%
- London: 17%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- The Responsive Dancer
- Ensemble Performance and Production
- Space, Place and Connections
- Rethinking Dance
- Style, Production and Artistry
- The Healthy Practitioner: Wellbeing and Self-management
- Applying Your Practice: Dance Artists, Communities and Education
- Digitising Your Artistic Voice
- Choice of modules
- Professional Practice: Moving into industry
- Dance Festival
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Dance at De Montfort University earn?
The median salary is £22,000 after 15 months, £19,500 after 3 years, £25,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,000 and £29,000.
What do graduates of BA Dance at De Montfort University do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2022-23).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Dance at De Montfort University?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2024-25.
What grades do I need for BA Dance at De Montfort University?
The typical offer is BBC at A level. The average entrant had 113 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Dance at De Montfort University?
67% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 179 offers from 269 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Dance at De Montfort University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Dance at De Montfort University?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.