Full time Performing Arts BTEC National Diploma level 3

Cultural and Creative Industries - Performing Arts (Drama, Dance, Music and Technical Theatre)
Performing Arts (Dance or Drama) - BTEC National Diploma level 3(2010/2011)
Duration :Full time
Who the Course is For:
National Diploma Courses in Performing Arts subjects are demanding vocational courses designed primarily for those people who want to pursue a career as performers, technicians, designers, teachers or arts administrators.
Assessment:
Assessment is by course tutors supported External Verification. Course takes the form of a mixture of practical performance assignments, written assignments and the completion of work journals and portfolios.
Course Leads To:
On successful completion of the Course, students go on to a variety of destinations-some to specialist training schools such as Central School of Speech and Drama, Mountview School of Speech and Drama, RADA, Laban School of Dance; others to degree courses at universities and others into employment in the performing arts.
Entry Requirements:
Entry will be determined partly by audition and interview. When applying for this course, please specify whether you wish to specialise in Drama, Dance or Technical Theatre.
However, there is also a requirement that successful candidates will have a least C grade in either GCSE Drama, Dance or Music plus C grade in English Language as well as C grades or better in a least two other subjects.
Content:
There is the opportunity to choose to specialise in one of the following performing arts subjects: Drama, Dance and Technical Theatre
At this college, however, the intention is to encourage versatility. So, for example, you can decide to major in Dance, but we will also encourage you to take some of the Drama and Technical Theatre options on offer.
The class includes the development of technical skills, creative responses to your specialist subject. You will also study the work of practitioners and you will learn how the performing arts is organised and how to build a career in the performing arts.