PERFORMING ARTS
COURSES FOR STUDENTS
AGED FROM 16+ YEARS
ONE YEAR INTENSIVE COURSE
The increasingly popular One Year Performing Arts Intensive Course is an excellent preparation for longer term training or for those seeking to add a professional edge to pre-existing skills. It is also a viable course for post-graduate students wishing to add technical or performance skills to their theoretical knowledge and for gap year students who wish to experience a full variety of performance disciplines prior to making a final decision as to which further training path they wish to take. Students on the course work closely with students on the Diploma course and are given opportunities to explore various core, contextual and option courses and performance experiences together.
Focus throughout is centred on the three core skills of dancing, acting and singing and students may be given
the opportunity of following a specific path and choose from a variety of different options which may include dance, acting or singing.
ARTISTIC ENCOURAGEMENT
The course structure continually accentuates the development of artistic interpretation and sense of performance in all vocational disciplines. Throughout the course, students are carefully monitored and they are encouraged to discuss their class progress with their course tutors, year tutor and heads of departments. The Course Co-ordinator and Principal are also available for discussion and tutorials and a mutually friendly and respectful atmosphere is encouraged. An end-of-year ‘Director’s Audition’ presented before the Principal and Heads of Department verifies students’ performance progress.
Those who achieve the necessary skill levels are encouraged to take external examinations in the various theatre disciplines with recognised outside boards.
The Academy has a policy of ensuring that each student receives helpful and supportive pastoral care and professional advice whenever needed.
Students who successfully complete the course graduate with the Academy Diploma.
COURSE CONTENT
Courses may include: acting techniques (improvisation, physical theatre, play reading, scene study, performance, audition preparation), acting workshops, anatomy/nutrition/health & safety, classical ballet (freestyle & syllabi), dance workshops, drama practical, drama theory, fitness, history of musical theatre, jazz dance, modern dance, music, musical theatre/production, singing (choral, ensemble, harmony, repertoire), singing workshops, tap, video production.
ACCESS PROGRAMMES
I.S.T.D. Classical Ballet Major Syllabi
I.S.T.D. Modern Dance Major Syllabi
I.S.T.D. Tap Major Syllabi
L.A.M.D.A. Verse & Prose Syllabi
L.A.M.D.A. Acting Syllabi
AQA – ‘AS’ & ‘A2’
Level Drama & Theatre Studies
