Students are offered the opportunity to develop as individuals in terms of their personal movement potential. The six modules of Dance Technique attend to movement content through hybrid versions of historical and more recently developed dance techniques. Standards are set in line with those of other similar institutions and with regard to current trends in the dance industry. Dance Creation brings students through the processes of historical and social contextualisation of dance to acts of dance creation in dance video, choreography and performance. The six modules of Dance Creation are viewed as the pivotal element in the study of dance.
Students have numerous opportunities to view and reflect upon live performances and works on video.
Dance in the context of video production and computer technology is given particular attention through the second and third years of the programme. Choreology is the connection between Dance Technique and Dance Creation. As a further development of the theory and practice of dance, choreology is viewed as 'the science of dance', 'the study of dance', 'dance logic' or 'the structure of dance'. The core of four modules in choreology investigates the nature of dance while supplying students with hands-on experience of the concepts and methods. Typically Dance students will study two modules from each strand in each year, though electives can be taken from a variety of other subjects.