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Four dancers are leaning forward over a white tube light on the floor. One dancer is holding a microphone and they are all wearing white boiler suits with black lines
Camilla Greenwell (2022) Graduation show 2022 work by Anders Duckworth 'Lay of the Land'

Join a world-leading dance education institute

We champion new ideas, embrace artistic innovation, and enable extraordinary experiences for you to realise your full potential as a dance artist. We prepare you for a portfolio career in dance and the creative industries.

Cert HE Preparation for Contemporary Dance

Refine your dance knowledge and prepare yourself for higher education in dance

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BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance Performance

Develop as a dance artist on this three year degree course with the opportunity to deepen focus in one of four elective pathways

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BA (Hons) International Contemporary Dance Practices

One year at LCDS, two years at LASALLE College of Arts, Singapore. Study at two leading international dance schools and learn from different cultures.

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Postgraduate courses

Reframe and challenge your practice on one of our four unique Masters. Applications for all courses are open now.

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Why choose London Contemporary Dance School?

  • You will be taught by experienced and internationally renowned teachers, lecturers and guest artists
  • You will be based at The Place, part of a cultural hub presenting opportunities for collaboration and networking
  • You will join a community of future makers, leaders, educators, and performers. Our remarkable alumni have gone on to shape and transform the industry
  • You will join a vibrant and diverse student body of around 250 students where you are recognised as an individual
  • You will have unique performance opportunities at The Place Theatre and across other sites

We welcome imaginative, enquiring people from all backgrounds and nationalities who are interested in the endless possibilities of dance.

Several dancers are in the same position in one of our studios. The dancer in the foreground has pink hair and wears a dark grey t-shirt and black bottoms. They a lunging forward in a slight twist, looking towards their left arm which is fully stretched out in front of them, parallel to the floor. The other arm is lifted away from the body and is directed towards the floor.

Fees and Funding

Discover opportunities to fund your studies and get advice on your fees and finances

Two students stand outside LCDS, there is a blurred background that has a metal fence and trees in, one students is smiling at the other

Applying for Student Visa

There is a lot to organise when you move to another country to study. We are here to help!

Three LCDS students stand outside The Place, there is a metal fence and trees behind them, one student is making the other two laugh

Your Health and Wellbeing

Find out about physical and mental health support at LCDS

Alumni and student stories

  1. Dame Arlene Phillips and alum James Cousins win Olivier Award for Best Choreography

  2. Alumni Portrait: Holly Brennan and Piers Sanders

  3. Alumni Portrait: Desireé Kongerød

  4. Alumni Portrait: Reece McMahon

Upcoming student events and performances

  1. Dance Students in Studio

    On Tour

    Experience Day in Newcastle

    Undergraduate

  2. At The Place

    Undergraduates Open Day

    Jan

  3. Online

    International Film Screening

    MA Dance: Participation, Communities, Activism

  4. On Tour

    Experience Day in Belfast

    Undergraduate

  5. On Tour

    Experience Day in Nottingham

    Undergraduate

  6. Online

    Online Information Session

    MA Dance: Participation, Communities, Activism

  7. Online

    Online Information Session

    MA Dance: Participation, Communities, Activism