BA Dance
About this course
BA (Hons) in Dance, a dance degree focused on contemporary performance, choreography, and physical studio practice. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, and Design & Creative Practice. Students can optionally undertake an industry placement year or a year abroad. The first year establishes core foundations through compulsory modules such as Dance Practices: Knowing Bodies, Making Dance: Choreographic Cuts, Making Dance: Choreographing Worlds, Performance Contexts, and Writing Dance Landscapes, alongside optional choices like Applied, Community and Outreach Practice 1. The second year advances technique and context with compulsory study in Body Matters in Performance, Creative Dance Portfolio: Choreograph, Perform, Archive, Making Dance: Practice Makes Political, and Dancing Cultures, with options including Dance Practices: Preparing for the Profession. The final year concludes with compulsory modules like Creative Entrepreneurship: Production and Touring, Dance Practices: Employability and Professional Portfolio, and Research Project, alongside optional modules such as Jazz Dance Routes and Live Art.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBC-BBB IB: We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points. Subject-specific requirements at Higher Level (HL) Grade 5 may apply.
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What students say
Based on about 9 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 98%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 95%
- Academic support: 92%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 94%
- Student voice: 78%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 16 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 5%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 45%
- Caring personal services: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 60%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 195 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 60%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 9%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 10%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 5%
- South East: 3%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 3%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Dance Practices: Knowing Bodies
- Making Dance: Choreographic Cuts
- Making Dance: Choreographing Worlds
- Performance Contexts
- Writing Dance Landscapes
- Applied, Community and Outreach Practice 1
- New Venture Creation
- Language 1
- Body Matters in Performance
- Creative Dance Portfolio: Choreograph, Perform, Archive
- Making Dance: Practice Makes Political
- Dancing Cultures
- Applied, Community and Outreach Practice 2
- Dance Practices: Preparing for the Profession
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Creative Entrepreneurship: Production and Touring
- Dance Practices: Employability and Professional Portfolio
- Research Project
- Jazz Dance Routes
- Performance, Gender and Sexual Politics
- Dance Practices: Exit Velocity
- Live Art
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Dance at Edge Hill University earn?
The median salary is £22,000 after 15 months, £17,000 after 3 years, £22,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £18,000 and £26,500. The £22,500 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for Dance.
What do graduates of BA Dance at Edge Hill University do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Dance at Edge Hill University?
98% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Dance at Edge Hill University?
The typical offer is BBC at A level. The average entrant had 132 UCAS points.
Does BA Dance at Edge Hill University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Dance at Edge Hill University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.