Level 3 Performing Arts

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Our Performing Arts course at Trowbridge embraces aspects of acting, singing and dance as key disciplines, preparing you with the confidence and skills to take to higher education, employment and possibly drama school.If you have a passion for Performing Arts and are keen to explore the field further, develop your own skills and have ambitions to work in the performing arts or related industries, this is the course for you! We have a state of the art professional studio theatre - The Arc Theatre - in which Drama and Music are taught, as well as specialist Dance and Drama Studios.You will start the year with a devised performance which will feature acting, dance and singing before developing your skills over the winter before your first major public performance shortly before Easter. In the second year, you will get the chance to direct a single act play of your choice, or devise your own performance, to public audiences at The Arc Theatre. You could also develop and tour your own devised show to local schools in the area. There is provision for subject specific public performances with a Dance only Showcase and highly popular Music Performance Evening at the end of the year.

Course information

Name: Level 3 Performing Arts Qualification title: 90-credit Diploma in Performing Arts (QCF) Qualification type: Assessment All Level 3 Performing and Production Arts students at Wiltshire College Trowbridge will study the following units:Performance Workshop -  The Performing Arts Business -  The Historical Context of Performance -  Principles of Acting -  Developing Movement Skills -  Singing For Actors and Dancers -  Technical Stage OperationsPerforming Arts Pathways ('Performing Arts' for or 'Production Arts' for) at TrowbridgeAll students follow a broad and common course at Trowbridge for the first two terms. This experience includes assessment in acting, singing, movement and elements of lighting and sound operation. The Trowbridge courses work extensively in The Arc Theatre and benefit from working alongside and inside a professional venue. At Easter students then pursue specialist units which will include many of the following:Performing Students -  Performing to an Audience -  Rehearsing for Performance -  Devising Plays -  Classical Theatre Performance -  Contemporary Theatre Performance -  Applying Acting Styles -  The Practice of Directing Theatre -  Dance Performance -  Choreographic Principles -  Choreographing Dance -  Developing Contemporary Dance Techniques -  Applying Contemporary Dance Techniques -  Movement in Performance -  Singing Skills for Actors and Dancers -  Musical Theatre Performance -  Music Performance Techniques -  Working and Developing as a Musical EnsembleTheatre Technician Students -  Performing Arts Production Workshop -  The Performing Arts Business -  The Historical Context of Performance -  Performing Arts Production Planning -  Production for Theatre Performance -  Assistant Stage Management -  Deputy Stage Management -  Stage Management -  Technical Stage Operations -  Stage Lighting Operations -  Stage Lighting Design -  Stage Sound Operations -  Stage Sound DesignThere is a considerable amount of home study involved in the course. It should also be noted that the course does have some very physically demanding elements in Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre Units.There are also some evening requirements for students to attend theatre visits, rehearsals and performances which are an essential part of the course.You will be continually assessed through project work during the course. The course is practical and vocational, with many workshops and performance assessments. There is also a requirement to produce researched written work and presentations regularly.First Years start on the 90 Credit Diploma and continue onto the Extended Diploma in their second year. The Extended Diploma is achieved by working towards a total of eighteen units, some delivered intensively over a single term and others gradually across the full two-years. Most units are achieved through hands on project based performance work as part of the student company although there is a considerable amount of written research to do as well.The final qualification will be a BTEC Level 3 90 Credit/Extended Diploma in Performing Arts Awarding Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL) Created 20150918 08:45:07 Updated 20150918 08:45:07

Entry requirements

There is a studio fee for the year of £100 which is payable at the start of the course. Equipment required There is a studio fee for the year of £100 which is payable at the start of the course.

Provider

WILTSHIRE COLLEGE
Further Education
info@wiltshire.ac.uk
01225 766241
http://www.wiltshire.ac.uk

Address

COLLEGE ROAD Town: TROWBRIDGE County:WILTSHIRE

Learning aims

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