KS5

BTEC Dance Extended Certificate

This course will prepare you for a future in the Performing Arts , giving you practical experience of the industry through classes in technique and choreography, performances for St Bart's and in the community and plenty of opportunity to explore and study leading professionals work.

During Year 12, in our unit 'Investigating Practitioners Work', you will focus on Alvin Ailey and Christopher Bruce, exploring their works and influences. In our 2nd unit 'Developing Skills and Techniques for Live Performance' you will consider life as a working dancer and study a variety of dance techniques, culminating in a live performance piece.

In Year 13 and the unit 'Group Performance Workshop', students work as a team to create a 10-20 minute performance piece for examination. You will record your progress in a written format and complete a final evaluation of your work. Finally, in 'Movement in Performance' you will evaluate the four components of movement through effective exploration, comparing and contrasting well-chosen examples of how they interrelate. You will be able to apply and demonstrate movement skills to communicate ideas and meaning in performance to a target audience.

A Level Dance

A Level Dance aims to produce creative, thinking dancers who are able to choreograph and perform a variety of dance styles.

A range of dance techniques are taught and you will have the opportunity to develop your physical skills to improve your all round performance and stage presence. Practising dance professionals are invited in to teach the students. The course requires you to work collaboratively with groups and individuals and to express yourself creatively and emotionally.

You will analyse a range of dance styles, works and companies within their social and historical context to assist with your overall choreography and theoretical knowledge. You will consider the process and art of choreography, the interrelationship between the creation, presentation and appreciation of dance and the significance of dance within an artistic and cultural context. In particular, you will study the Rambert Dance Company and the American Musical Jazz scene in depth.