Professional Dance & Musical Theatre Programmes
Our courses respond to employer demand to combine study with practical realistic work experience.
Our programmes aim to:
- Create graduates who meet the need for adaptable and transformative employee
- Empower students from a variety of educational backgrounds to fulfil their academic potential and develop industry relevant skills in a supportive and safe environment.
- Equip students for a range of career opportunities within the field of dance and increase their learning potential
- Offer a practice based BA (Hons) with streamed choices focusing on specific career aspirations
- Develop industry standard practioners with a strong academic focus
- Develop keys dance skills
BA(Hons) Dance
The BA (Hons) Dance covers contemporary, commercial and Jazz techniques is 80% practical based vocational degree with a minimum of 28+ contact hours a week. The programme breaks into 4 areas , the modules (the degree elements), the vocational classes which include Acro, Aerial, Ballet, Contact, Commercial, Hip Hop, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Pilates Release, Street, Tap, Yoga, Imperial Society of teachers of dancing Imperial Ballet & Modern and the optional additional After-Hours classes. The programme has a minimum of 4 live performances a year and many other performance opportunities. Graduates have gone onto various careers including cruiseships, television, film, tours and West End working with P & O Cruises, Dream Girls, Flashdance, Sea Cruise UK, Norwegian Cruise lines, Princess Cruises, Rina Sawayama, Mary J Blige, Greatest Showman, X factor, the Brits and many many more
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BA(Hons) Dance Top-up
The BA (Hons) Dance – top up covers contemporary, commercial and Jazz techniques is 80% practical based vocational degree with a minimum of 28+ contact hours a week. The programme breaks into 4 areas , the modules (the degree elements), the vocational classes which include Acro, Aerial, Ballet, Contact, Commercial, Hip Hop, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Pilates Release, Street, Tap, Yoga, Imperial Society of teachers of dancing Imperial Ballet & Modern and the optional additional After-Hours classes. The programme has a minimum of 4 live performances a year and many other performance opportunities. Graduates have gone onto various careers including working with Celebrity X Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Sunset Boulevard, Fred Olsen Cruises, Bebe Rexha, Bring It On, VMAs & many many more
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BA(Hons) Musical Theatre Performance
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance focuses on all areas within the Musical Theatre field to provide a variety of accessible routes upon graduation. The course covers Acting, Character development, Singing technique and acting through song, Jazz, Commercial, Tap, Ballet and contemporary alongside the study of pantomime, Cabaret, Cruise work, Acting through movement, with all students receiving 1-2-1 singing each week included within the course. Taught by Leading industry Directors, Choreographers, Musicals directors and West End Performers. Graduates have appeared in The West End in Musicals including Sunset Boulevard, Bat out of Hell, Dreamgirls, A night with Janis Joplin the musical, Bring it on. Tours including Flashdance, Mad on Her, The World of Musicals and Potters Theatre Company and leading Cruise Ship companies.
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Creative Academy graduates pursue various career paths within the creative industries. Students go on to have successful careers in performing, choreographing and teaching.
A small selection of our graduate successes is listed below:
Artists
Beyonce Exp, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Jay Sean, Kanye West, Keisha, Kim Petras, KS, Kylie Minogue, Mabel, Mary J Blige, Pink, Pixie Lott, Rina Sawayama, Rod Stewart, Sean Paul, Stormzy, Snow Patrol, William, Years & Years and Zac Abel
Theatre
Angel’s Dance Company, AVA Dance Company, Avante Garde, Boy Blue Entertainment, Bring It On, 9 to 5, Dreamgirls, Flashdance, Forbidden Nights, Hinged Dance Company, JV2, Lido de Paris, Moulin Rouge, RIFCO Arts, Sapnay
Dance Company
Secret Cinema, StopGap Dance Company, Thriller and Live Vegas Showgirls. Cruise Ships Carnival Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cruise & Maritime Voyages, Cunard Cruises, Fred Olsen, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Peel Entertainment, P&O (Headliners), Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Thompson Cruises and Sea Cruises UK. Hotels Disney, Liberty Hotels, Octopus Entertainment Parkdean Resorts, Potters Theatre, TUI Magic Life, Sea Cruise UK and Potters Theatre Company
On Screen
Aladdin, BCT, Bridgerton, BRITS, Cinderella, EMA’s Etemals, Got to Dance, Love Island, Strictly Come Dancing XFactor and various advertisement campaigns
