Dance
Extend your skillset, reach new heights and create your pathway to success
Dance
Extend your skillset, reach new heights and create your pathway to success
Top 30
UK university
out of 122 institutions
Guardian University Guide 2025
6th
in the UK for teaching on
my course in Dance
National Student Survey 2024
Top 15
for organisation and
management of the course
National Student Survey 2024
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Saturday 21 June
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Sunday 26 October
Saturday 22 November
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.
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.
Select a learning level
- All
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate
- Foundation Options
- PGCE
BA (Hons) Dance
- Develop your technique and performance skills through daily dance classes.
- Build your degree around your interests with broad range of practical and contextual modules.
- Learn from experienced and sector-active dance practitioners and researchers.
- In-built career guidance and support.
BA (Hons) Dance Performance
- Develop your technical skills with intensive training and specialist performance classes.
- Complete up to eight dance and performance techniques classes per week.
- Join the 3Fall dance company in your third year and tour around the country.
- Learn from experienced and sector-active dance practitioners and researchers.
BSc (Hons) Dance Science & MSci Dance Science
- Focus your studies with the Applied Performance or Health and Wellbeing pathway
- Complete daily dance technique classes with a course theory to practice ratio of 60:40
- Join the dance community: share classes and modules with other students across the department
- Opportunity to complete industry qualifications alongside your studies
- Prepare for your career in the dance industry as a choreographer, performer, teacher and more
BA (Hons) Dance Education and Teaching
- Prepare to teach dance in a variety of settings including communities and schools
- Complete daily dance technique classes and study a theory to practice ratio of roughly 60:40
- Join the dance community: share classes and modules with other students across the department
- Be guaranteed an interview for our PGCE Dance programme once you graduate
BA (Hons) Dance and Aerial Arts
- Specialise in aerial and physical theatre in dance, regardless of previous experience
- Develop your knowledge of physical theatre and narrative choreography.
- Take daily dance technique classes with dance students on other courses.
- Learn from experienced and sector-active dance practitioners and researchers.
BA (Hons) Dance Studies Top Up
- Complete daily dance technique classes and study a theory to practice ratio of 60:40.
- Join the dance community: share classes and modules with other students across the department.
- Choose from a wide range of modules.
- Specialise in areas that interest you.
- Prepare for your career in the dance industry as a choreographer, performer, teacher and more.
Foundation Degree in Dance Teaching in the Private Sector
- Broaden your dance knowledge
- Highly qualified teaching team
- Develop your practical skills
- Internationally recognised qualification
Excellent levels of support
Learn from lecturers who know you by name
Our dedication to smaller classes allows our expert teaching staff to really get to know and how best to help thrive.
Our experienced staff are invested in your personal and academic development and provide excellent levels of 1-1 support throughout your studies.
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.
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
Senior Lecturer (Theory and Technique)
Jason has worked as freelance dance artist for the past 16 years. As a dancer this includes companies such as English National Opera, The Featherstonehaughs, Protein Dance, Siobhan Davies Dance Company (Jerwood Bank Project), Union Dance and Walker Dance Park Music (Fin Walker).
Senior Lecturer, Programme Coordinator BA (hons) Dance, Link Tutor FD Dance Teaching in the Private Sector, Exchange Tutor
Fiona’s early experience of dance was through professional training at Elmhurst Ballet School (Camberley) and then at the Rambert School. She has received an MA in Dance with Distinction from the University of Chichester.
Senior Lecturer in Dance, Programme Leader Dance Education & Teaching, Undergraduate Dance Programme Coordinator
Jayne graduated from Laban with a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre. She went on to perform with Transitions Dance Company.
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.
Attend professional performances
Enjoy performances and talks from professionals on campus
Watch performances in University spaces and attend talks with professionals to enhance your studies.
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