University of Brighton, BA (Hons), Performance and Visual Arts (Dance)

Year 1: Introduces and investigates performance and visual art language and practice through visual, movement and aural studies; practical experimentation in movement, music, live performance, drawing, photography, video, sound, and site-specific performance offers a year of orientation into the programme, with emphasis on areas of research varying according to the students selected pathway; technical inductions in photographic and video cameras, tape/slide equipment, Photoshop, sound studios, lighting, and video edit suites are common to all pathways and provides a skills base from which creative work is developed; theoretical research underpins practical investigations and provides a broad cultural and historical mapping of performance and visual art. Year 2: investigates installation practices and develops performance and visual art practice, and its documentation through proposals and presentation; interdisciplinary work is developed through an exploration of forms, contexts and audience; professional practice is supported by the opportunity to present work in the public context of the University gallery while an extension studies programme provides subject choice from within the School of Art and Communication; theoretical studies develop cultural and historical knowledge and provide the opportunity to develop critical and analytical skills. Year 3: develops independent practice through the preparation and documentation of an individual practical project informed by a written research project; final degree work includes performance, exhibition or site-specific presentations; professional practice studies support students in the identification of possible arts-related career paths.