About the course

This advanced course is designed to develop and refine your dance performance and technical skills in a variety of styles including; Ballet; Contemporary; Jazz. This course will encourage you to become well-rounded dancers developing your technical, performance and choreographic skills across all dance styles. You will develop an understanding of each style and explore contrasting techniques and practitioners to find your own style as a dance artist. You will research the Performing Arts Industry in order to understand current trends and developments and how to promote yourself. You will perform in public performance projects inclusive of Dance Showcases performed in both years of study. All projects replicate the demands of the industry with a robust academic underpinning essential for further study at higher education. Students are regularly invited to participate in extracurricular activities such as Musical Theatre, Dance and Acting Academy and you will have the opportunity to collaborate with local and national production performance companies.

Start Date/s

04/09/2023, 07/09/2023, 04/09/2023, 07/09/2023, 04/09/2023, 07/09/2023, 04/09/2023, 07/09/2023, 04/09/2023, 07/09/2023

Entry Requirements

A minimum of five GCSEs at grade 5 or above including English Language and Mathematics. We also ask that you have at least three years experience and training in a style of Dance. If Dance or Expressive Arts is taken at GCSE then a Grade 6 is required OR if a relevant Level 2 Diploma is taken then a minimum of a Merit grade is required.

Modules

Your course will consist of two core modules. Module C Dance Skills Development and Module F The Performing Arts Industry. In year 1 you will cover the following unit: C9 Performing as a Dancer as part of an Ensemble. Year 2 of your course will consist of two further core units. C7 Exploring Performance Styles; C8 Creating Performance Material. The second core module Module F The Performing Arts Industry which consists of unit F16 Planning a Career in the Industry which is split across the two years.

Assessment

The content of your assessment will be outlined on an assignment brief; the design of these will be explained during induction. For every assessment there will be a clear deadline by which the work must be submitted to your assessor (course tutor). Your assessed work will be a mixture of both practical work aligned with an academic underpinning. Assessment work will take the form of practical and theoretical coursework. Evidence required may include the following: practical classes, workshops, rehearsals and performances, reflective milestone logs and extended pieces of writing underpinned by research. You may also be expected to produce presentations and google sites, edited video footage and voice recordings. This will be assessed internally by your tutor and verified by the awarding body.

Careers & Progression

Typically, students wishing to enter the dance industry will continue training at higher education on courses such as Dance Performance, Choreography, Musical Theatre, Dance Teaching and Dance Science. You will have the unique opportunity to internally progress directly onto an innovative and exciting Level 4 HNC in Performing Arts right here at the Burnley College campus, delivered by our industry standard teaching team. Students from previous years have successfully gained places at prestigious dance schools and conservatoires inclusive of: Shock Out, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, The Hammond, Trinity Laban and Creative Academy. Some students continue their training at Universities such as Edge Hill and Salford University. The extensive training in a variety of dance styles at Burnley College prepares you fully for the next steps in your professional training where you can specialise or continue to train across genres.

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