Study Abroad Programme (Dance)

Introduction

Do you wish to travel to the vibrant city of London and study at a world-leading conservatoire? Trinity Laban’s Study Abroad Programme is for you.

Each year, we welcome visiting students from all over the world who wish to spend up to one year studying abroad. Our personalised approach to dance education will allow you to experience the unique and internationally recognised creative environment at Trinity Laban. You will explore the vibrant British dance scene as you specialise in professional training as an artist.

Key Features

The Study Abroad Programme offers you the opportunity to experience the British dance scene while living and studying within a world-leading organisation that specialises in dance education and professional training for performers.

You can spend one term or the full year with us, starting at the beginning of the academic programme in September. Your individual programme will be made up of the modules / components offered on the second year of Trinity Laban’s BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance course . This course is designed to develop students as confident, creative dance practitioners. The second year in particular is designed to encourage your individuality and risk taking, as well as to enhance professional skills. The course will also help you gain the contextual understanding and the critical, analytical, and reflective skills that will inform your artistic practice. You will hone your technical, creative, and performance skills to become a versatile dance artist with a multifaceted career.

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 opportunities to create your own choreography and perform in your own and others’ dance works. 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. The year ends with a major performance project which enables you to work with leading dance practitioners (members of the Trinity Laban teaching faculty as well as visiting dance artists) to restage historically significant repertoire. Credits are awarded in respect of each component or module successfully passed. The value of the credits awarded for each component / module are detailed below. You will also be issued with an academic transcript and a certificate of completion of the Study Abroad Programme.

Students can select from the following components:

Contemporary Dance Techniques

Classical Ballet

Contact Improvisation

Choreography

Resourcing Performance

Choreological Studies

Historical Project

Investigating Arts Practice

Dance and the Moving Image

Dance Artist in Community and Education

Performance Design

For a detailed outline, please check the programme specification (in Downloads section).

A wide range of methods are used to meet the diverse learning needs of the student body and to provide a breadth and depth of learning experiences essential for the rigorous training of multi-skilled dance artists. This will maximise their professional opportunities in the highly competitive dance field.

Studio based practical classes

Lectures and seminars

Individual and group tutorials

Tutor and guest artist led workshops

Self-directed study

Individual and group projects

Self and peer feedback

Hands-on practical activities

Assessment

A wide variety of assessment methods are used to reflect the diverse learning experiences you will encounter on the programme. They will give you the opportunity to demonstrate the broad range of skills, knowledge, and understanding necessary to become a well-rounded and versatile dance artist.

Practical tasks

Assessed classes

Performance / Choreographic presentations

Oral presentations

Research based academic writing

Reflective writing

Report writing

Notebook/sketchbook

Applicants must be currently undertaking a dance course at, or equivalent, to degree level in their own country and aiming to achieve credits from their studies at Trinity Laban.

Entry to this programme is through UCAS Conservatoires .

Once you have completed your application through UCAS Conservatoires, please provide us with the following information:

Transcripts of your studies to date.

An overview/programme specification of the programme you are currently enrolled on.

References (academic and practical).

An indication of how long you wish to study with us (one term or a complete year).

Confirmation from your home institution that they approve your application to Trinity Laban and the number of credits they require; this can be an email from your International Office to Admissions ( admissions@trinitylaban.ac.uk ).

English language competency requirements also apply, if you are not studying in a majority Englis