Dance and Musical Theatre
Dance and musical theatre is a performing arts discipline that combines the physical rigour and artistic depth of dance with the vocal, theatrical and interpretive demands of musical theatre. Dance as an art form encompasses a wide range of techniques and traditions, from classical ballet and contemporary dance to jazz, street and dance theatre, and its study develops physical awareness, coordination, musicality, expressive range and choreographic thinking. Musical theatre brings in vocal performance, acting and the integration of movement and voice in the service of character and narrative.
Together the disciplines develop performing artists who are genuinely versatile across the range of contemporary live performance.
At Liverpool Hope University you will study for three years full-time, developing technical excellence in performance and choreographic practice alongside creativity, reflexivity and independence as a performing artist. You will work across a diverse range of techniques and theoretical frameworks, building your own signature practice within a programme that emphasises both artistic development and professional preparation. A sandwich year in professional practice and a year abroad are built into the programme, giving you extended professional performing and/or creative experience and an international perspective on the performing arts landscape.
Graduates in dance and musical theatre work as performers, choreographers, dance teachers, workshop facilitators, artistic directors, arts coordinators and community arts practitioners. West End, regional theatre, touring productions, site-specific performance, cruise lines, theme parks, television and the growing range of digital performance contexts are all employment destinations. Many graduates also work in education, delivering dance and performing arts in schools, colleges and community settings, or in arts health, using movement and performance as therapeutic tools.
Many continue their professional development through postgraduate study in choreography, performance, education or applied theatre.