Bachelor of Arts - Performing Arts (Honours)

Performing Arts at DMU is a highly practical, distinctive course that immerses you in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary practice, preparing you to enter the 21st century Performing Arts industry.

Incorporating many contemporary arts disciplines, including acting, dance, voice, physical theatre, music theatre, sound design and digital video, the course celebrates and interrogates the possibilities of live and digital arts in a range of performance contexts, from the traditional to the avant-garde.

With a focus on making performance, you are supported to develop as individual, innovative artists, able to create, perform and manage yourselves, and others, within the national and international performing arts industries.

Reasons to study Performing Arts BA (Hons) degree at DMU:

• Highly practical, distinctive course that immerses you in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary practice, preparing you to enter the 21st century Performing Arts industry
• Versatile approach with a focus on making performance for a range of situations, including physical theatre, dramatic performance, digital sound and film, site specific, and contemporary music theatre
• International opportunity through DMU Global where you will have the opportunity for a meaningful international experience, with a chance to spend a week abroad as artists-in-residence creating performance work
• 100% of our Performing Arts graduates from summer 2017 are in work or further study after graduating, according to the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) 2016-17 report
• Excellent industry links give the opportunity to do placements and work in professional work in professional collaborations with expert practitioners; previous visiting arts groups include Frantic Assembly and Imitating the Dog
• Your own specialist programme constructed from a wide range of modules across three broad themes: Contemporary Performance; Digital Performance; Applied Arts and Education
• Mirror the Performing Arts industry with the opportunity to work in an intensive project-based way
• Superb facilities include spacious studios and fully equipped performance spaces, and the opportunity to make and perform work in venues across Leicester and internationally

• Minimum Level of Education Required: 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
• Min GPA: 60.0%
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 60 (Min Listening: 7.0, Min Reading: 8.0, Min Speaking: 16.0, Min Writing: 18.0)
  • Min IELTS overall: 6 (Min Listening: 5.5, Min Reading: 5.5, Min Speaking: 5.5, Min Writing: 5.5)
  • Min PTE overall: 50
  Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter.
  For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 32 (Min Listening: 2, Min Reading: 2, Min Speaking: 11, Min Writing: 11)
  • Min IELTS overall: 4.5 (Min Listening: 4, Min Reading: 4, Min Speaking: 4, Min Writing: 4)
  • Min PTE overall: 29