Dance BFA

Join our BFA Dance and become an innovator in the field of dance. Integrate dance practice, critical thinking and contemporary theory with performance, choreography and production experience to launch your professional career in a way that's tailored to your individual goals.

This four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts will help you develop your own creative identity as a dance artist. At the heart of this course is dance-making, underpinned by our internationally recognised research disciplines within the Department of Dance.

You will have many opportunities to extend your potential as a dancer, engaging with dance as it is seen and performed in broad multicultural and artistic contexts. Working in a variety of settings, you will engage in dance performance, choreography, improvisation and dramaturgy, exploring both practical and theoretical approaches.

You will develop a wide understanding of dance practice, exploring styles and techniques including ballet, Cunningham, Graham, Limón, and release and contact improvisation. You'll work closely with experienced teachers, professional dancers and choreographers in classes with live music, refining your dance practice in our spacious studios, screendance facilities and well-equipped theatre.

This unique four-year degree is designed to develop your confidence, knowledge and identity as a dance artist, as you locate your creative process in the exciting and expanding field of dance.