Dance: Performance Visual Art

Image: Hannah Nicholls The dance route of our Performance and Visual Art course focuses on the body as a site and language of investigation and expression. Combining visual art practice and dance, you will have the opportunity to produce interdisciplinary forms, such as video dance, installations, live performance, photographic and movement practices, still and moving image, drawing documentation practices and site specific practices.

The dance pathway of our performance and visual arts programme offers a unique opportunity to develop your interest in performance alongside visual art practice through practical and theoretical investigations.

The course encourages independent and collaborative working methods and the exploration of varied contexts for the dissemination of artistic activity.

Course structure

Year 1 introduces and investigates performance and visual art language and practice through visual, movement and aural studies. Practical experimentation in movement, music, live performance, drawing, photography, video, sound, and site-specific performance offers a year of orientation.

Technical inductions provide a skills base from which creative work is developed. Theoretical research supports practical investigations and provides a broad cultural and historical mapping of performance and visual art.

Year 2 develops performance and investigates installation practices and visual art practice, and its documentation through proposals and presentation. Interdisciplinary work is developed through an exploration of forms, contexts and audience. Professional practice is supported by the opportunity to present work in a public context, while extension studies enable students to study other arts-related topics.

Theoretical studies develop cultural and historical knowledge and provide the opportunity to develop critical and analytical skills.

Year 3 develops independent practice through the preparation and documentation of an individual practical project informed by a written research project. Final degree work includes performance, exhibition or site-specific presentations. Professional practice studies support students in identifying possible arts-related career paths.

Areas of study

The dance pathway combines movement and visual studies focusing on the body as a site and language of investigation and expression. It considers the creative possibilities of combining these elements through experimentation to produce interdisciplinary forms, which include video dance, installation practices, live performance, live art, photographic and movement practices, still and moving image, drawing, documentation practices and site-specific practices.

Syllabus

Performance and Visual Art Practice
Professional practice

Year 1
Orientation: Performance and Still Image Screen-based Practices
Site-specific Performance
Critical Theory

Year 2
Installation and Site Performance Practices and Proposal
Self-initiated study with gallery or studio presentation
Transition to year 3 research and development
Critical Theory
Extension Studies

Year 3
Independent project (research and development of proposal)
Research project
Professional practice
Independent project presentation

Career and progression opportunities

Graduates enter the arts, media, cultural and communication industries as independent performance and visual art practitioners, curators, film and television producers, directors, researchers, radio and television presenters, community arts practitioners, arts administrators, academics and teachers.

• Performance and Visual Arts (Theatre)

UCAS code W5W1

Duration

Full-time: 3 years

Location Grand Parade

Typical entry requirements
individual offers may vary

A-levels:
A-levels or International Baccalaureate alone are not normally sufficient qualification without a subsequent foundation diploma. However where A-levels and portfolio provide sufficient grounding, grades BCC apply (typically translate as 260 points in the UCAS tariff).

ND/C (Level 3):
DMM.

International Baccalaureate:
individual assessment.

QAA-approved access course:
individual assessment. Subject-specific units preferred.

GCSE (minimum grade C):
a good profile.

Foundation degree/HND
direct to year 2 for suitable candidates. HNC not suitable.

For non-native speakers of English:
IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing.

Other:
Art and Design Foundation Diploma or equivalent. Interview and portfolio review. Applicants are considered from a diverse range of prior visual and performance learning.

 

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, whether you study full- or part-time and whether or not you already have a higher education qualification. The fees listed here are for full-time courses for the 2010/11 academic year. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Visit www.brighton.ac.uk/money for more information, including advice on international and island fee paying status, and the government's Equivalent or Lower Qualification (ELQ) policy and how this could affect the fees you pay and your eligibility for student funding.

The dance pathway of our performance and visual arts programme offers a unique opportunity to develop your interest in performance alongside visual art practice through practical and theoretical investigations.

The course encourages independent and collaborative working methods and the exploration of varied contexts for the dissemination of artistic activity.

Course structure

Year 1 introduces and investigates performance and visual art language and practice through visual, movement and aural studies. Practical experimentation in movement, music, live performance, drawing, photography, video, sound, and site-specific performance offers a year of orientation.

Technical inductions provide a skills base from which creative work is developed. Theoretical research supports practical investigations and provides a broad cultural and historical mapping of performance and visual art.

Year 2 develops performance and investigates installation practices and visual art practice, and its documentation through proposals and presentation. Interdisciplinary work is developed through an exploration of forms, contexts and audience. Professional practice is supported by the opportunity to present work in a public context, while extension studies enable students to study other arts-related topics.

Theoretical studies develop cultural and historical knowledge and provide the opportunity to develop critical and analytical skills.

Year 3 develops independent practice through the preparation and documentation of an individual practical project informed by a written research project. Final degree work includes performance, exhibition or site-specific presentations. Professional practice studies support students in identifying possible arts-related career paths.

Areas of study

The dance pathway combines movement and visual studies focusing on the body as a site and language of investigation and expression. It considers the creative possibilities of combining these elements through experimentation to produce interdisciplinary forms, which include video dance, installation practices, live performance, live art, photographic and movement practices, still and moving image, drawing, documentation practices and site-specific practices.

Syllabus

Performance and Visual Art Practice
Professional practice

Year 1
Orientation: Performance and Still Image Screen-based Practices
Site-specific Performance
Critical Theory

Year 2
Installation and Site Performance Practices and Proposal
Self-initiated study with gallery or studio presentation
Transition to year 3 research and development
Critical Theory
Extension Studies

Year 3
Independent project (research and development of proposal)
Research project
Professional practice
Independent project presentation

Career and progression opportunities

Graduates enter the arts, media, cultural and communication industries as independent performance and visual art practitioners, curators, film and television producers, directors, researchers, radio and television presenters, community arts practitioners, arts administrators, academics and teachers.

• Performance and Visual Arts (Theatre)

UCAS code W5W1

Duration

Full-time: 3 years

Location Grand Parade

Typical entry requirements
individual offers may vary

A-levels:
A-levels or International Baccalaureate alone are not normally sufficient qualification without a subsequent foundation diploma. However where A-levels and portfolio provide sufficient grounding, grades BCC apply (typically translate as 260 points in the UCAS tariff).

ND/C (Level 3):
DMM.

International Baccalaureate:
individual assessment.

QAA-approved access course:
individual assessment. Subject-specific units preferred.

GCSE (minimum grade C):
a good profile.

Foundation degree/HND
direct to year 2 for suitable candidates. HNC not suitable.

For non-native speakers of English:
IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing.

Other:
Art and Design Foundation Diploma or equivalent. Interview and portfolio review. Applicants are considered from a diverse range of prior visual and performance learning.

 

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, whether you study full- or part-time and whether or not you already have a higher education qualification. The fees listed here are for full-time courses for the 2010/11 academic year. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Visit www.brighton.ac.uk/money for more information, including advice on international and island fee paying status, and the government's Equivalent or Lower Qualification (ELQ) policy and how this could affect the fees you pay and your eligibility for student funding.