Course Summary
Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)
The BA Contemporary Dance programme is designed to develop your contemporary dance skills and knowledge of your dance practice, as well as to include other forms of artistic expression.
You will learn a range of Modern and Contemporary Dance Techniques, Choreography, Ballet and movement awareness techniques such as Yoga, Pilates and Feldenkrais. You will have the opportunity to engage with other dance practices such as Aerial Dance, Hip hop, Flamenco, and Irish traditional dance. You will gain the contextual understanding and the critical, analytical and reflective skills which will inform your artistic practice.
Course Details
What will you study?
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Performance Irish Music World Music Art Music
Popular Music
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
Career Progression
Career opportunities include: Professional Performance, Further Study (MA, PhD), Music/Dance Therapy, Community Music/Dance, Music/Dance teacher, Arts administration, Performance management and promotion, Backstage work in performance theatre e.g. sound engineer, Music Technology, e.g. recording studio producer/technician, Media (TV, Radio etc.), Work in cultural institutions and archives.
Follow on study: Master of Arts Irish Traditional Dance Performance, Master of Arts Irish Traditional Music Performance, Master of Arts Contemporary Dance Performance, Master of Arts Irish Music Studies, Master of Arts Irish Dance Studies, Master of Arts Ethnochoreology, Master of Arts Ethnomusicology.
