course description

The three-year, full-time Dance/Musical Theatre Course is designed to provide a comprehensive training in dance, acting and singing, enabling graduates to attain the highest professional standards towards meeting current and future trends and challenges. The course leads to a diploma in Dance/Musical Theatre and is specifically targeted towards those individuals who wish to enter a career in theatre/commercial dance, musical theatre, acting, television, teaching, or as a grounding towards higher education and training.

course outline

The diverse study programme aims to produce graduates who will possess the abilities, skills and versatility that will enable them to meet a wide variety of professional challenges and career options within the dance/acting/performing field. Throughout the training programme, technique classes are arranged so that students of the same ability may study together even if in a different year group. Male students have separate classes. Within the training programme students have the opportunity to be prepared for the following examinations: Royal Academy of Dancing, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (Optional).

Students are assessed each term and are graded on each aspect of the course. Report day occurs at the end of each term and this is seen as an important element in the monitoring of students progress, their development and level of motivation throughout the year. It also provides ‘contact time’ to discuss and reinforce specific areas of development or any concerns that students may have in relation to that particular subject. Each year group has its own head tutor – thereby enabling them to discuss any worries or personal problems.