Dance

Top 30

UK university
out of 123 institutions

Guardian University Guide 2026

6th

in the UK for ‘teaching on my course’

National Student Survey 2025

1st

for learning resources in Dance

National Student Survey 2025

Explore your passion for dance

Discover our range of highly-practical courses

Apply more of your theoretical learning in the studio to develop your technical, choreography, and performance skills.

Explore the breadth of dance study

Study areas of dance that go beyond performance and technical training, including dance science, history, journalism and scenography.

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Dedicated careers guidance and support

Our courses include in-built work placement and professional experience options to prepare you for a successful career.

Learn from active dance artists and practitioners

Work with and learn from industry-active professional dance artists, choreographers, practitioners, and researchers throughout your studies.

Dance Courses

Our dynamic dance courses allow you to explore a broad range of topics and specialisms in performance and technical development, research and theory, and education and contextual studies.

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BA (Hons) Dance

Extend your knowledge of dance through both daily technique classes and a range of practical and contextual modules as you build you degree around your interests.

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BA (Hons) Dance Performance

Build your technical foundations and strength as you focus on the art of contemporary dance performance practice.

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BSc (Hons) Dance Science

Explore how dance affects the body and mind, develop your technical skills through daily classes, and learn to enhance dance performance at all levels.

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BA (Hons) Dance Education and Teaching

Share your passion for dance with others as you develop your skills as a dance practitioner and explore teaching in a range of different dance settings.

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BA (Hons) Dance and Aerial Arts

Develop your dance skills whilst discovering aerial and physical theatre techniques to uncover exciting movement vocabulary and a fresh approach to choreography.

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BA (Hons) Dance Studies (International Route) Top Up

Upgrade your current experience and studies to a full undergraduate degree with this top-up course and take part in daily dance technique classes as you explore a range of contextual modules.

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MA Performance: Dance (MapDance)

Learn from guest lecturers and perform and tour nationally and internationally with mapdance from February to May.

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MA Choreography and Professional Practice

Join this industry-facing course and build relationships with dance professionals as you discover research in the arts, learn to document live performance practice and develop and promote your work.

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MA Dance: Advanced Practice

Develop your portfolio career to progress into areas including dance performance, teaching, choreography and arts administration.

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MSc Dance Science

Develop your research practice and understanding in dance science as you specialise in biomechanics, nutrition, physiology, psychology or strength and conditioning.

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PGCE Secondary Dance

Learn to confidently begin teaching dance in a secondary school, as you qualify as a teacher in just one year.

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Foundation Degree in Dance Teaching in the Private Sector

An innovative foundation degree preparing you for a successful career in the dance sector

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Excellent levels of support

Learn from lecturers who know you by name

Our dedication to smaller classes allows our caring teaching staff to really get to know you and how best to help you thrive.

Our experienced Childhood team are invested in your personal and academic development and provide excellent levels of 1-1 support throughout your studies.

Lecturers React to Thank You Letters

Listen to Jessica’s letter to Edel Quinn, Dance Associate Lecturer, as she thanks her for all the support she’s received throughout her degree.

Close community

Join our collaborative community of dancers

Studying at the University of Chichester allows you to share classes and modules with students from across our Dance Department to help creative a close. collaborative community of dancers, choreographers, writers, and researchers.

Showcase your passion

Perform throughout your studies

Develop your technical skills with regular classes and development sessions as you work towards end-of-semester performances and showcases.

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Perform with working companies

Seize opportunities to watch, join, and learn from our working dance companies

Our in-house working dance companies 3Fall, MapDance and HIVE provide performance, work experience, and professional networking opportunities for our undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Dedicated dance facilities

Train, rehearse and study in industry standard spaces

Our University dance facilities include:

Four purpose built dance studios.
The Arts Council funded Dance Studio Theatre.
The Show Room, a fully-equipped 250-seat theatre.
A 110-seat studio theatre.
A newly refurbished large gymnasium space.
2 sprung floor spaces.
Specialist physiology, psychology and biomechanics labs
Sports injury clinic

Expert teaching staff

Learn from industry-active professional dance artists, researchers, and practitioners

Jason Keenan-Smith

Senior Lecturer (Theory and Technique)

Fiona Wallis

Senior Lecturer, Programme Coordinator BA (hons) Dance, Link Tutor FD Dance Teaching in the Private Sector, Exchange Tutor

Jayne McKee

Senior Lecturer in Dance, Programme Leader Dance Education & Teaching, Undergraduate Dance Programme Coordinator

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Dance research and research degrees

Developing research in interdisciplinary work and new technologies

Research in Dance at the University is at an extremely exciting stage in its development as the interests of our dance researchers extends.

Our Dance Department has gained an international reputation in PhD studies through Practice as Research, and actively encourage applicants in this area of research practice.

Dance Research

Research Degrees

ResDance Podcast