Dance and Drama - BA (Hons)

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Course summary

Why choose this course? – You’ll perform regularly in public at The Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and at national fringe festivals. These projects will develop your project management skills.

 

– A work placement will give you valuable and relevant experience. Recent students have been placed at BalletBoyz and The Place.

 

– Our brand new Town House building has a performance studio theatre and three large dance studios, equipped to professional standards with fully sprung floors, mirrors and barres.

 

About this course

 

If you are considering a career in the performing arts, this combination of dance and drama is both artistic and practical. You’ll be encouraged to develop your own identity in dance and as a theatre-maker, reflecting your own interests. To prepare you for working in the performance industry, you’ll develop analytical, choreographic, directorial, ensemble and performance skills. There are practical opportunities to master physical performance in both dance and drama. Workshops and active technique classes cover a wide range of performance styles. This includes popular and non- Western forms and reflects the professional practice you’ll experience in your career.

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Dance -BA (Hon)

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Course summary

Our three-year undergraduate programme prepares you for a career in contemporary dance by giving you the opportunity to develop the technical, creative and performance skills needed to become an individual and versatile dance artist. The programme will also help you gain the contextual understanding and the critical, analytical and reflective skills which will inform your artistic practice.

 

Key Features:

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• Alongside daily classes in contemporary dance techniques and classical ballet, creative workshops will help you shape your artistic practice and develop your choreographic voice. You will have numerous opportunities to create your own choreography and perform in your own and others' dance works.

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• Reflecting on a range of creative processes and investigating movement and dance in its historical, social and cultural contexts will allow you to locate your own practice and to explore areas that interest you.

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• As you move through the programme, major performance projects enable you to work with leading dance practitioners (members of the Trinity Laban teaching faculty as well as visiting dance artists) to create and perform a wide range of dance works. The performance projects in the first and third years of the programme involve the creation of new dance works whilst second year students participate in the restaging of historically significant repertoire.

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• A substantial independent project is an important element in your third year and you can choose to undertake theoretical or practical research, leading to a written dissertation or the performance of a choreographed work.

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• A degree show at the end of the final year provides a public showcase for work by graduating students.

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Drama and Creative Writing 

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Course summary

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Why choose this course?

 

– This course combines academic study with a wide range of practical workshops in purpose-built theatres and studios.

Kingston has industry links with publishers, literary agents and theatre professionals, who’ll offer you their expertise and advice.

 

– You’ll perform at The Rose Theatre in Kingston, the largest producing theatre in South West London, and benefit from the resources and industry knowledge that this professional theatre offers.

 

About this course

 

If you are interested in both theatre and literature, this course is ideal. It offers knowledge and experience of the world of theatre, through studying drama, literature, dramatic theory and performance. It also offers a range of practical theatre skills. Traditional subjects in English, such as Shakespeare and Victorian fiction, are balanced with the contemporary topics of gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, the avant-garde and popular performance. The course is delivered in dedicated drama studio and rehearsal facilities. You’ll also be within easy reach of London’s world-renowned theatres. Students have previously enjoyed field trips to vibrant venues such as Shakespeare’s Globe.