Business Management and Dance

Business management and dance is a combination that might initially seem unexpected, but it reflects a genuine understanding that careers in the arts and the creative industries require the same business literacy as careers in any other sector, and that the skills developed in serious dance training, discipline, physical intelligence, collaboration, and performance under pressure, are genuinely transferable into the commercial world.

At Liverpool Hope University, this four-year full-time degree with integrated foundation year gives you a grounding in both disciplines from the outset. The business management strand examines how organisations work across their full range of functions, from strategy and marketing to finance and human resources, engaging with enterprises of all kinds: small and medium-sized businesses, global multinationals, and organisations in the public and not-for-profit sectors. You will develop the analytical and professional skills that business roles demand alongside an understanding of the organisational dynamics and management challenges that define modern workplaces.

The dance component develops your technical and creative practice alongside your understanding of dance as an art form, its history, and its social and cultural significance. A sandwich year gives you extended professional experience, a year abroad broadens your horizons, and work placement experience is embedded in the programme.

The combination positions you for careers that cross the arts and commercial worlds, or for roles in either sector that benefit from the breadth of skills both disciplines develop.

Graduates go on to careers in arts management, events, education, dance performance and teaching, marketing and communications, business development in the creative industries, and commercial management. The versatility of the combination means graduates work across a wide range of sectors, and many pursue postgraduate study in business, arts management, dance, or education.