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Welcome to A-level dance at KAA! Here at KAA dance is a thriving subject with a 100% A*-A pass rate at A-level and has helped students get offers from some of the top performing arts colleges in the UK, including London Studio Centre and Trinity Laban. On top of this KAA also has exceptional practical facilities including a designated dance studio equipped with a fully sprung floor, ballet barres and mirrors, and a theatre with seating for 220 people.
Bridging Work
A-Level Dance Bridging Work.pdfProgression Work
Engaging with these tasks will help foster your passion for the subject and make the transition into A-level dance much easier.
Our A-level course incorporates both practical and theoretical work and over the coming weeks you should engage with both these elements through the tasks set. You must stay fit and active during this time as the majority of your lessons in September will be practical-based.
With all that in mind, any potential A-level dance student should…
Take part in the Rambert Home Studio classes.
There are various contemporary dance lessons aimed at beginners, GCSE students and adults. They are specifically designed to be done at home and require very little floor space.
2. Watch a range of professional dance works
Make detailed notes on how the subject matter of these are portrayed through constituent features of each work (set, lighting, costume, accompaniment, movement)
Swansong (1987) choreographed by Christopher Bruce
Subject matter- Prisoner interrogation
Ghost Dances (1981) choreographed by Christopher Bruce
Subject matter- Persecution of innocent people in Chile
3. Research some of the practitioners that you will study during the A-level dance course.
Create your own fact file of research notes either on a Google document or word based programme.
a. Christopher Bruce
b. Richard Alston
c. Robert North
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