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PERFORMING ARTS
COURSES FOR STUDENTS
AGED FROM 16+ YEARS
3 YEAR DIPLOMA COURSE - ACCREDITED BY THE CDET LEADING TO THE NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL THEATRE
The 3 Year Diploma Course is specifically designed to respond to the demands of today’s entertainment industry and produce confident, articulate and multi-skilled performers. Ideally, but not necessarily, students should be working at Intermediate or above dance standard at the time of audition. Some prior acting and vocal training or experience is also beneficial but again not essential. The course structure combines professional vocational training with contextual studies, with the emphasis on achieving multi-disciplinary excellence throughout. Students undertake an exciting variety of projects, workshops and performances during their courses. Media Arts are considered a vital part of today’s training and students benefit greatly from using the Academy’s audio/video/IT facilities.
Progress is carefully monitored and regular tutorials and assessments, together with the annual ‘Directors Audition’, ensure students get continual feedback on their progress and are achieving the necessary standards required for progression to the next year of the course.
THE FIRST YEAR
Students focus on a broad-based core curriculum
concentrating on achieving strong basic technical skills
in dance, acting and singing. Contextual studies in
anatomy, health & safety, history of musical theatre and
drama & theatre studies provide related academic
content. In-house student productions allow for the
development of artistic confidence and peer cooperation.
All first year students attend a personal
interview with the Principal to consider progress and
options for the second year.
THE SECOND YEAR
Timetables are individually adjusted to allow for personal strengths and needs. Students now begin to consolidate the technical competence achieved in the
first year and place greater focus on artistry and presentation skills. The curriculum is widened to include specialist subjects such as stage combat.
THE THIRD YEAR
Course content prepares the student for professional work by integrating the technical, theoretical and artistic concepts of the course in performance. While
maintaining attendance at technical classes, students at this level are expected to acquire and develop depth and style in performance and are given the opportunity to perform in public productions.
Throughout the course students who achieve the necessary skill levels are encouraged to take external examinations in varying theatre disciplines with recognised outside boards. These may include “Major” qualifications in classical ballet, tap, modern dance, voice & prose and acting. ISTD teaching qualifications may also be available to interested and able students. Competent and able students may also be entered for stage combat examinations and drama and theatre studies at ‘AS’ and ‘A2’ levels.
Students who successfully complete the course graduate with the Academy’s Diploma and the National Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre which is awarded through Trinity College (London). This qualification is banded at Level 4, which equates to a First Degree.
COURSE CONTENT
Courses may include: Acting (classical and modern text, devising, improvisation, LAMDA, physical theatre, play reading, performance, scene study) acting for camera, acting workshops, anatomy/nutrition/health & safety, classical ballet (freestyle, syllabi & Pas-de-Deux), dance workshops (contemporary, jazz etc), drama practical, drama theory, fitness, history of musical theatre, jazz (techniques & choreography), modern dance, music, musical theatre and production, performance, pilates, presentation & professional skills, singing (choral, ensemble, harmony, microphone technique, recording, repertoire, solo coaching), singing workshops, stage combat, tap, theatre in education production, video production, voice (speech & dialect).
ACCESS PROGRAMMES
I.S.T.D. Classical Ballet Major Syllabi
I.S.T.D. Modern Major Syllabi
I.S.T.D. Tap Major Syllabi
L.A.M.D.A. Voice & Prose Syllabi
L.A.M.D.A. Acting Syllabi
AQA – ‘AS’ & ‘A2’ Level Drama & Theatre Studies
