Creative Industries Business Management and Dance

The creative industries are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the UK economy, encompassing film, television, music, design, fashion, digital media, gaming, publishing, and the performing arts. Managing organisations within this sector requires a specific kind of literacy: an understanding of how creative work is produced, developed, and brought to market, alongside the financial, strategic, and operational skills that any business demands. This programme at Liverpool Hope University combines creative industries business management with dance, giving you both the practitioner's understanding of dance as an art form and a performance discipline and the management knowledge to work effectively in the creative economy.

The three-year programme includes a sandwich year with work placement and a year abroad, giving you substantial professional experience within the creative industries and exposure to dance and creative business practice in an international setting. Through your studies you will develop knowledge of business strategy, marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, and the creative industries landscape alongside your dance practice, which encompasses performance, choreography, and the theoretical and historical understanding of dance as a cultural form. Liverpool Hope's commitment to the creative arts and its connections to Liverpool's vibrant cultural sector provide a rich environment for both strands of your degree.

Graduates work across the creative industries in roles that draw on both their dance background and their business education. Arts administration and programming, creative project management, dance company management, arts marketing, festival production, and entrepreneurship in the creative sector are all natural paths. Some graduates pursue performance and choreographic careers, supported by the business skills that help them sustain independent practice.

Others move into education, community arts, or work with cultural organisations in development and fundraising roles. Postgraduate study in arts management, creative industries, or dance is an option for those who wish to specialise further.