BTEC DIPLOMA & ExtENDED DipLOMA
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WHAT IS PERFORMING ARTS?
The BTEC Performing Arts course
will introduce you to a broad range
of theatrical styles and approaches to
acting and performing. It will enrich your
ability to develop and embody roles
from published plays and screenplays.
You will also work in groups to create
your own performance material and
develop your improvisation skills through
practical workshops.
WHAT WILL YOU STUDY?
If you take the Extended Diploma, you
will study 13 units and eight units for
the Diploma. You will take the Principles
of Acting, Applying Acting Styles and
Contemporary Theatre Performance
units, looking at the ideas of key
theatrical practitioners, directors and
acting coaches.
Performing to an Audience requires
you to perform a role in a large scale
production. You will develop your acting
for camera techniques and produce short
films for the Film and TV Acting unit.
Movement in Performance will allow you
to experiment with a range of different
source material as well as developing
your communication skills through
working in groups. Dance Performance,
Jazz Dance and Applying Contemporary
Dance Technique are all designed to
increase your technical and performance
skills.
Performance Workshop gives you the
opportunity to experiment with a range
of ideas creatively, using both acting
and dancing skills as well as performing
material from existing repertoire such as
scripted plays, films or dance routines
from professional productions.
If you choose the Extended Diploma, you
will study all of the above as well as the
core unit