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The Dance Academy
Glenthorne High School - Sutton
02086446307
Sutton Common Road, Sutton, SM3 9PS
Course summary

Choosing this Course This is a vocational 2-year course offering students the opportunity to work with professional dance practitioners who are currently working within the industry. This course is aimed at students who wish to embark upon a career in dance and performing arts and wish to apply to Dance Conservatoires or Universities. Places are granted through an audition. Course Content Units that students will study include: Unit 3 Group Performance Workshop You will be required to interpret and respond to a stimulus for a group performance. You will need to apply personal management and collaborative skills to a group performance workshop process and then apply performance skills to communicate creative intentions during performance workshops. You will be required to review and reflect on the effectiveness of the working process and the workshop performance. Unit 10 Jazz Dance Technique Unit 11 Street Dance Technique Unit 12 Contemporary Dance Technique In these units you will learn about the development of the above units. You will develop skills and techniques in these styles. You will need to apply skills and techniques of these styles to a performance and review your personal development. Unit 34 Developing Skills and Techniques for Performance You will learn the role and skills of a performer, develop performance skills and techniques for live performance and apply performance skills and techniques in the jazz dance style. Practical classes are led by Dance teachers and industry professionals who have trained at top dance degree schools such as London Contemporary Dance School and The Laban Centre, to West End performers, and RAD professionals. Career Opportunities Previous students have gone on to study dance at Roehampton, Chichester and Bath Spa, and at vocational dance schools such as London Contemporary Dance and the Laban Centre. It can also lead to a range of careers including: Teaching, Performing, Arts Administrator, Choreographer.

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RegionLondon
Local AuthoritySutton
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeMixed
AddressSutton Common Road, Sutton, SM3 9PS